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Journey to a Dynamic Data Economy
The Human Colossus Foundation introduces key components of a Dynamic Data Economy through a series of blog posts
Celebrating two years of experimentation
Sometimes solving two complex problems together from an alternative perspective is more manageable than tackling them separately. So, slowly but surely, we are bringing our contribution toward more robust cybersecurity and seamless interoperability through our Dynamic Data Economy vision.
Linux Foundation Public Health introduces the Global COVID Certificate Network to operationalize the Good Health Pass Interoperability Blueprint
After more than a year of pandemic restrictions that resulted in a greater than 70% decline in travel and tourism activity, health status exchange to enable economies and borders to reopen has generated a heated debate at the interface of public health, personal freedom, and economic imperatives.
To provide a collaborative roadmap to address some of the critical interoperability challenges, the Human Colossus Foundation aims to present some technological realities to a broader audience for societal debate courtesy of two seminal press releases.
Thinking of DID? KERI On
In this blog post, we address DIDs security from the viewpoint of KERI (Key Event Receipt Infrastructure), a novel, simple, and improved DKMS (Decentralized Key Management System) solution for digital identifiers. KERI provides a unifying solution to DID document authentication and resolution that will prove invaluable to use cases where security and interoperability are essential (e.g., for global supply chains and humanitarian applications).
Digital Immunization Passport has been selected as one of the brightest data portability projects in Europe
The Human Colossus Foundation joins a select family of innovators contributing to the European effort to build a safer and more efficient digital infrastructure for all. In partnership with OwnYourData, the Austrian-based foundation and creator of the “Semantic Container” concept, our joint proposal was one of 11 selected projects among 182 applicants - a 6% acceptance rate! Funded by NGI, the project team will implement a Proof-of-Concept for the digital equivalent of the World Health Organisation Vaccination Passport (WHO’s Yellow book) with privacy-and-consent-by-design at its core. See the official press release for more information.
Overlays Capture Architecture
OCA harmonises database models. It is a solution to semantic harmonisation between data models and data representation formats. Primarily devised for data object interoperability and privacy compliant data sharing, OCA is a standardised global solution for data capture that promises to significantly enhance the ability to pool data more effectively in terms of simplicity, accuracy, and allocation of resources.
Blinding Identity Taxonomy
With the enforcement of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on May 25th, 2018, swiftly followed by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) being signed into law almost exactly a month later on June 28th , civic society were witnessing the dawn of a new era of data protection and privacy directives that continue to shape today’s digital landscape. The broad brushstroke of these directives has seen a shift in data governance from corporate entities to citizens, improving an individual’s right to self-determination regarding personal data. The exponential rise of decentralisation projects and initiatives since mid-2018 in the areas of data governance, distributed ledger technologies (DLT) and contextual trust continue to drive the legal and technical innovation pieces necessary to empower a dynamic data economy (DDE).
Active and Passive Identifiers
Yin-yang refers to a concept originating in ancient Chinese philosophy where opposite forces are seen as interconnected and counterbalancing. The concept is symbiotic with the Human Colossus strapline, “a home for synergy”, and offers the perfect analogy to describe the duality of entry and capture characteristics within a balanced digital network.