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Evolving Identity Standards
Solid (derived from "social linked data") is a proposed set of conventions and tools for building decentralized social applications based on Linked Data principles. Solid is modular and extensible. It relies as much as possible on existing W3Cstandards and protocols. (emphasis added by this author)
From https://www.w3.org/Security/strong-authentication-and-identity-workshop/cfp.html#topics
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