9I/ INTEROPERABILITY is DEAD! LONG LIVE INTEROPERABILITY! An open discussion
Interoperability is dead! Long live interoperability! An open discussion
Session Convener: Alexis Falquier, Riley Hughes
Notes-taker(s):
Tags / links to resources / technology discussed, related to this session:
https://blog.cheqd.io/understanding-the-ssi-stack-through-5-trends-and-challenges-b15e911b4989
ToIP architecture interoperability working group
https://www.lfph.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Verifiable-Credentials-Flavors-Explained.pdf
https://www.convenience.org/TruAge/Home
Discussion notes, key understandings, outstanding questions, observations, and, if appropriate to this discussion: action items, next steps:
Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-BngvjuopbE0T7BF7_x-29FXSX4ArRvduz1uaWh9G5w/edit
- With so many standards and protocols it is unreasonable to expect full interoperability
- Pragmatism vs idealism
- Pragmatic approach to building solutions
- Make credentials and credential solutions usable first then we can focus on interoperability
- Interoperability is still important, but must not bog down development of solutions
- What does interoperability mean?
- Lower the scope of interoperability to basic ecosystems
- If you’re not interoperable with everyone that’s ok!
- Focus on your use case, then your ecosystem, then your industry, then anything beyond that
- Interoperability as a view of islands
- Be interoperable with your island
- Don’t shun and shame other islands (other standards)
- Architect your solution to be interoperable in the future
- Another way to view how we should view interoperability:
- Practical portability
WHITEBOARD PICTURE: See image(s) for these notes in the IIWXXXIV Book of Proceedings here:
