Solid Technical Reports

Hi! We’re the Solid Community Group (CG) of the W3C. The purpose of this document is to help readers orient themselves with the activities of the Solid CG.

The CG has a charter.

The Solid CG’s technical reports (TR) include specifications, use cases and requirements, best practices and guidelines, primers and notes about the Solid ecosystem.

The aims of the Solid project are in line with those of the Web itself: empowerment towards an equitable, informed and interconnected society. Solid adds to existing Web standards to realise a space where individuals can maintain their autonomy, control their data and privacy, and choose applications and services to fulfil their needs.

The information in these documents may be subject to change, therefore please see each document’s publication status and versions for further details. You are invited to contribute any feedback, comments, or questions you might have.

Linked Data aware applications can view the Solid Technical Reports Knowledge Graph.

Technical Reports

Work Item	Repository	Current Stage
Solid Protocol	https://github.com/solid/specification	CG-DRAFT, v0.11.0
Solid WebID Profile	https://github.com/solid/webid-profile	CG-DRAFT, v1.0.0
Solid-OIDC	https://github.com/solid/solid-oidc	v0.1.0
HTTPSig Authentication for Solid	https://github.com/solid/httpsig	CG-DRAFT
Web Access Control	https://github.com/solid/web-access-control-spec/	CG-DRAFT, v1.0.0
Access Control Policy	https://github.com/solid/authorization-panel	v0.9.0
Solid Application Interoperability	https://github.com/solid/data-interoperability-panel	Editor’s Draft
Shape Trees	https://github.com/shapetrees/specification	Editor’s Draft
Solid DID Method	https://github.com/solid/did-method-solid	Unofficial Draft
Solid Notifications Protocol	https://github.com/solid/notifications	CG-DRAFT, v0.3.0
EventSourceChannel2023	https://github.com/solid/notifications	Editor’s Draft
LDNChannel2023	https://github.com/solid/notifications	v1.0.0, Editor’s Draft
StreamingHTTPChannel2023	https://github.com/solid/notifications	Editor’s Draft
WebSocketChannel2023	https://github.com/solid/notifications	Editor’s Draft
WebhookChannel2023	https://github.com/solid/notifications	Editor’s Draft
Solid-PREP	https://github.com/solid/solid-prep	Editor’s Draft
Solid Chat	https://github.com/solid/chat	v1.0.0, Editor's Draft
Solid ERP	https://github.com/solid/erp	Working towards a first draft
Solid QA	https://github.com/solid/specification	CG-DRAFT, v0.3.0
Solid Security Considerations	https://github.com/solid/security-considerations	CG-DRAFT, v0.1.0
Solid OIDC Primer	https://github.com/solid/solid-oidc	v0.1.0
Authorization Use Cases and Requirements	https://github.com/solid/authorization-panel	Editor’s Draft
Authorization Use Cases Survey	https://github.com/solid/authorization-panel	Unofficial Draft
Solid Application Interoperability: Application Primer	https://github.com/solid/data-interoperability-panel	Unofficial Proposal Draft
Solid Application Interoperability: Authorization Agent Primer	https://github.com/solid/data-interoperability-panel	Unofficial Proposal Draft

The Test Suites support the Technical Reports:

Test Suites

Work Item	Repository	Current Stage
Test Suite	https://github.com/solid-contrib/test-suite	TBD
Specification Tests	https://github.com/solid-contrib/specification-tests	TBD

Notification Channel Type Registry

In order to help with the discovery of notification channel types that can be used with the Solid Notifications Protocol, it is encouraged to register them for maximum global interoperability.

To update the registry table an implementer MUST submit a modification request for this index as a pull request at the https://github.com/solid/specification repository, which includes the following information:

Specification

The URL of the document that specifies the notification channel type.

Name

The name of the notification channel type.

IRI

The IRI of the notification channel type.

Description

A short English description of the notification channel type.

Notification Channel Types

Specification	IRI	Description
EventSourceChannel2023	http://www.w3.org/ns/solid/notifications#EventSourceChannel2023	A notification channel type that uses the EventSource Web API.
LDNChannel2023	http://www.w3.org/ns/solid/notifications#LDNChannel2023	A notification channel type that uses the Linked Data Notifications protocol.
StreamingHTTPChannel2023	http://www.w3.org/ns/solid/notifications#StreamingHTTPChannel2023	A notification channel type that uses the Fetch API.
WebhookChannel2023	http://www.w3.org/ns/solid/notifications#WebhookChannel2023	A notification channel type that uses Webhooks.
WebSocketChannel2023	http://www.w3.org/ns/solid/notifications#WebSocketChannel2023	A notification channel type that uses the WebSocket API.

It’s easy to join the CG if you’d like to contribute to the Solid project. Please note that in order to join, you’ll need to request a W3C account if you don’t already have one.

We publish a list of current participants on our W3C page.

The Solid CG conducts all technical work in public, mainly in various repositories of the Solid organisation but also in text chat, periodic teleconferences and face-to-face meetings.

Please note that all work and communication within the Solid CG is covered by the Solid Code of Conduct as well as the Positive Work Environment at W3C: Code of Conduct.