Ecosystem Overview
Note to reader This is a Work in Progress, and should not be taken as authoritative or comprehensive. Internal Links in Italic
Open Standards
Decentralized Identifiers
Verifiable Credentials
- Explainer
- Comparisons
- Varieties
- Data Integrity
- JSON-LD LD-Proof (w3c)
- JSON-LD ZKP BBS+ (w3c)
- JOSE / COSE
- JSON SD-JWT (ietf)
- JWP (ietf)
- ZKP-CL (Hyperledger)
- Data Integrity
Related
Exchange Protocols
Authorization Protocols
ISO Standards
- mDL (ISO/IEC 18013-5)
- JTC 1/SC 17/WG 3 - Travel Documents (ISO/IEC)
- ISO 27001
Data Stores
- Encrypted Data Vaults - EDV (DIF)
- Decentralized Web Node - DWN (DIF)
Trust Frameworks
Non SSI Identity Standards
- OpenID (OpenID)
- FIDO (FIDO)
- OAuth (IETF)
- SCIM (IETF)
- SAML (OASIS)
- KMIP (OASIS)
- WebAuthN (W3C)
- Secure QR Code (OASIS)
- Blockchain Standards
- ISOTC 307 (ISO)
- CEN/CLC/JTC 19 (CEN/EENTLIC)
- ERC-EIP (Ethereum)
Code-Bases
Open Source Projects
- Universal Resolver (DIF)
- KERI (DIF)
- Other Tools & Libraries (DIF)
- ESSIF-Lab (ESSIF-Lab)
- Aires (Hyperledger)
- Indy (Hyperledger)
- Ursa (Hyperledger)
- Other Tools & Libraries (Hyperledger)
- Blockcerts (Hyland)
Company Code
Organizations
International Standard Development Organizations [SDO]
National Government/Standard Setting Bodies
- NIST
- The Standards Council of Canada
- BSI - The Federal Office for Information Security, Germany
Community Organizations
- W3C - CCG
- DIF
- ToIP
- ADIA
- Kantara
- MyData
- DIACC
- ID2020
- OpenID Foundation
- Internet Safety Labs
- GLEIF
- Hyperledger Foundation
- FIDO Alliance
- OASIS
SSI Networks
Companies
- Microsoft - Azure / Entra
EU SSI Startups
US SSI Startups
- Dock
- Anonoyome
- GlobalID
- Hyland
- Magic
- IDRamp
- Indicio
- Verified Inc (formerly UNUMID)
- Animo
- Mattr
- Liquid Avatar
- Hedera
- IOTA
- Trinsic
- Transmute
- Spruce
- Disco.xyz
Asia SSI Startups
Africa SSI Startups
Acquisitions
Analyst Firms
Consulting Firms
IAM Industry
- Ping (TomaBravo rollup)
- Okta
- Auth0
- ForgeRock (TomaBravo rollup)
- IDENTOS
- SailPoint (TomaBravo rollup)
Policies/Regulations (by region)
Europe
Asia
USA
India
Canada
Government Initiatives
US
Germany
UK
EU
APAC
Canada
LatAm
Real-World Implementation
- Government Issued ID
- Passport eMRTD/DTC (ICAO)
- Immigraion (USCIS)
- mDL (US AAMVA) [not SSI standards conformant]
- IDCard (IATA / Switzerland)
- Trust Registries & Directories
- TRAIN (ToIP)
- Regi-Trust (UNDP)
- OrgBook BC (BCGov)
- SupplyChain/Trade
- Banking
- COVID
- Enterprise
- Healthcare
- Learning/Career/Education
- KYC
- Real Estate
- Travel
- Humanitarian
- Energy
- IoT
- Guardianship
- Wallets
Types (by type+topic)
Topics
Web3, DWeb, & Other Tech (by focus)
- Web3
- Organizations
- DWeb
- Blockchain Ecosystems