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 Namecoin ID : Manage your online identity

Description

The purpose of id/ is to manage a public online identity.

  • Any application can retrieve data associated with an identity.
  • An identity can be composed of email addresses, bitcoin/namecoin/*coin addresses, gpg key, xmpp address, etc.
  • Each application type that want to store data associated with an identity must be added in the registered applications list with a description on how data will be formatted.

Syntax

  • namespace : id/
  • name :
- max 255 characters,

- lowercase,

- a-z, 0-9

- space : max one space between other characters, not as first or last

- prefixed with "id/"

Regexp (to be confirmed) : 

 ^id/[a-z0-9]([ ]?[a-z0-9])*$

  • value : max 1023 characters, json encoded

Examples

Fecthing all data from the identity of "khal" : 

 $ namecoind name_show '''id/khal'''
 {
    "email"    : "khal@dot-bit.org",
    "bitcoin"  : "1J3EKMfboca3SESWGrQKESsG1MA9yK6vN4",
    "namecoin" : "N2pGWAh65TWpWmEFrFssRQkQubbczJSKi9"
 }

Fecthing bitcoin data from the identity of "khal" : 

 $ namecoind name_jsonget '''id/khal''' bitcoin
 {
    "bitcoin"  : "1J3EKMfboca3SESWGrQKESsG1MA9yK6vN4",
 }

Registered applications

Application Description Rules Examples
email associate the id with an email address must contain an email address 
 {
    "email"    : "khal@dot-bit.org"
 }
namecoin associate the id with a namecoin address
  • a namecoin address, or
    * an array of namecoin addresses, or
    * an object of namecoin addresses with labels (label "default" is required)
$ namecoind name_show id/khal { "namecoin" : { "N2pGWAh65TWpWmEFrFssRQkQubbczJSKi9" } } $ namecoind name_show id/khal { "namecoin" : { ["N15mJsVMHNtVDedDnD8vu82M5hCfn3nJWq",] } } $ namecoind name_show id/khal { "namecoin" : { "default" : "N15mJsVMHNtVDedDnD8vu82M5hCfn3nJWq", "donation": "N2pGWAh65TWpWmEFrFssRQkQubbczJSKi9" } }

Other possible usages

Application Description Rules Examples
bitcoin associate the id with a bitcoin address
  • a bitcoin address, or
    * an array of bitcoin addresses, or
    * an object of bitcoin addresses with labels (label "default" is required)
$ namecoind name_show id/khal { "bitcoin" : { "default" : "1KHAL8bUjnkMRMg9yd2dNrYnJgZGH8Nj6T", "donation": "1J3EKMfboca3SESWGrQKESsG1MA9yK6vN4" } } Allow to securely get a different address for each customer (or anything else, information between brackets will be asked to user) on an untrusted channel (like http), signed with a bitcoin address. $ namecoind name_show id/khal { "bitcoin" : { "default" : { "url" : "http://merchant.com/bitcoin/getnewaddres/{Your customer id}", "signedWith" : "1KHAL8bUjnkMRMg9yd2dNrYnJgZGH8Nj6T", "useOnce": true } } }
gpg associate the id with a gpg public key TODO See Personal_Namespace
xmpp associate the id with an xmpp/jabber id
  • an xmpp address
 
 {
    "xmpp"    : "jabber@dot-bit.org"
 }
bitmessage associate the id with a bitmessage address
  • a bitmessage address
 
 {
    "bitmessage"    : "BM-orkCbppXWSqPpAxnz6jnfTZ2djb5pJKDb"
 }