From 2a124113c189a33268d7f9651632beb40995835d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Gierth Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2017 00:16:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add DWeb Addressing intro and table of contents --- dweb-addressing/README.md | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 dweb-addressing/README.md diff --git a/dweb-addressing/README.md b/dweb-addressing/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9877d1129 --- /dev/null +++ b/dweb-addressing/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +# Addressing on the Decentralized Web + +> Note: This document is work in progress and largely incomplete. + +Authors: +- Lars Gierth \ + +Table of contents: +- Introduction +- The precarious web + - Link competition and link rot + - The addressing rift +- DWeb Addressing +- Namespaces + - /ipfs -- immutable data + - /ipns -- mutable pointers + - Addressing data from other content-addressed systems + - Network addressing +- Interoperability + - DWeb Addressing with HTTP + - ipfs:// and ipns:// URL schemes + - dweb: URI scheme + - Content Security Policy / Origins +- Appendix + - DWeb Maturity Model + - FAQ + - Implementations + - Future Work + - Related work + + +## Introduction + +Location-based addressing is a centralizing vector on the web. +It lets links rot and drives copies of content into mutual competition. + +This document describes a content-based addressing model +which provides permanent links that don't rot and are cryptographically verifiable. +The result is a more cooperative, resilient, and performant web.