Introduction

The KERI (Key Event Receipt Infrastructure) Stack Working Group (KSWG) specifies requirements, specifications, and test suites for the technical architecture of KERI and related technologies.

Scope

The scope of the KERI Stack Working Group is to define (directly or by reference) the technical standards, test suites, and interoperability certification standards for the foundation of the ToIP stack as described in the Introduction to ToIP paper and the Design Principles for the ToIP Stack paper.

Leadership

2025 Co-Chairs:

• @Philip Feairheller (healthKERI)

• @Sam Smith (ProSapian)

Task Forces

Most of the work on deliverables of the KSWG is performed by self-organizing Task Forces (TFs). Following are the current active TFs and their current leads. See their home pages for their meeting schedules.

1. Authentic Chained Data Containers (ACDC) @Sam Smith @Philip Feairheller

2. DID WebS Method Task Force (TRTF) — @Kent Bull @Jonathan Rayback

3. SAID URN Charter Task Force — @Carly @Wenjing Chu

Meetings

The KSWG holds a meeting every month on the second Tuesday.

See the ToIP Calendar for all meeting dates, times and logistics, including Zoom links.

See the KSWG Meeting Page for an index of all Meeting Pages with agendas, notes and recordings from all meetings.

Deliverables

The table below lists all KSWG deliverables and the Task Forces working on each.

How to join

After you have joined Trust Over IP, you can join this WG by signing up for the Working Group's mailing list. Use this Authentic Chained Data Container Task Force - KSWG  to signify your acceptance of the WG charter and desire to participate in the KSWG. Scroll to the bottom of the page.  Log-in using your http://group.io username and password or LF ID. Then click on the blue button [+Join This Group].

Members as well as observers are welcome (with the important caveat below).

Participation

For the protection of all Members, participation in working groups, meetings and events is limited to members, including their employees, of the Trust over IP Foundation who have signed the membership documents and thus agreed to the intellectual property rules governing participation. If you or your employer are not a member of ToIP, you may not participate in meetings by verbal contribution or otherwise take any action beyond observing.  To join ToIP and be able to contribute, please fill out the light weight membership application on our website here. 

Intellectual Property Rights (Copyright, Patent, Source Code)

The WG inherits the IPR terms from the JDF Charter.

• Copyright mode: OWFa 1.0 (available at https://www.openwebfoundation.org/the-agreements/the-owf-1-0-agreements-granted-claims/owfa-1-0 )

• Patent mode: OWFa 1.0 (available at https://www.openwebfoundation.org/the-agreements/the-owf-1-0-agreements-granted-claims/owfa-1-0 )

• Source code: Apache 2.0 (available at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html )