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eveloping a complete architecture for Internet Digital Trust.
And a better Internet for everyone.
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Who We Are
We’re an independent project hosted within the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust Foundation umbrella, working with pan-industry support from leading organizations around the world.
Our mission is to provide a robust, common standard and complete architecture for Internet-scale digital trust.
OUR WORK
Technology architecture
Announcing the First Public Review Draft of the ToIP Technology Architecture V1.0 Specification
Trust Spanning Protocol Specification
The first Implementers Draft is available of the protocol that is to digital trust what the Internet Protocol (IP) is to digital data.
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Trust Registry Query Protocol Specification V2.0
An Implementers Draft is now available for The Trust Registry Query Protocol: a simple and consistent way to programmatically get answers from authoritative ecosystem sources.
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ACDC Task Force public review
We’re pleased to announce a 30-day public review of three specifications from the Authentic Chained Data Container (ACDC) Task Force.
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January 26, 2026
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ToIP EGWG 2026-01-22 Keith Jansa and Digital Interoperability and Mutual Recognition
For more details, including the slides,  meeting recording and transcript, please see our wiki 2026-01-22 Keith Jansa and Digital Interoperability and Mutual Recognition - Home - Confluence
January 26, 2026
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TOIP EGWG 2025-12-11 Andy Woodruff and Using SSI to Champion Creator Governed Content
Is the creator economy broken? The Open Commercial Media Ecosystem (OCME) is restructuring digital media by shifting from User-Generated Content (UGC) to Creator-Governed Content (CGC)
July 15, 2025
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TOIP EGWG 2025-07-10: Kyle Robinson, Digital Trust Ecosystems. Why they don’t make sense.
Learn why Kyle's practical experience with the Canadian Province of British Columbia's digital trust initiative has led him to focus on specific, high-impact digital credentials over broad "ecosystems." Documenting these…
The Market Problems We Solve
Passwordless authentication and intelligent authorization
for faster, easier, and privacy-respecting digital experiences
Lifetime private digital connections
with customers, suppliers, partners, and regulators, with full audit trails for regulatory compliance
Verifiable Origins
for physical and digital goods, with a provable journey through a supply or ownership chain
Benefits of ToIP
Explore The Model
Our four-layer model combines cryptographic trust at the machine layer and human trust at the business, legal, and social layers.
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Our community of individuals and organizations is committed to solving the toughest technical and human-centric problems in digital trust. It’s a place to collaborate, learn, and build the future together.
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Helping us inform, guide, and constrain the design of the ToIP stack.
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