Specification

Versions§

Contents of version 0.1§

1. In one page: the idea and the non-goals.
2. Principles and terms.
3. The data model: skill, claim, evidence, attestation, policy.
4. Canonical form, hashes and signatures.
5. The recognition function (rules R1 to R8) and its result.
6. Carrying a Sanad bundle in a verifiable credential.
7. The skill graph and inference of hidden skills.
8. The transparency log and optional timestamping.
9. Attestors and trust.
10. Privacy, discovery and matching.
11. Conformance and test vectors.
12. Threats and mitigations.
13. Governance and evolution; open questions.

Citing§

Kermani Kolankeh, Arash: Sanad v0.1: an open protocol for recomputable recognition of skills. SANAD-SPEC-0.1, draft, 7 November 2026. https://sanadprotocol.org/spec/0.1/

Source and archive§

The source text, the conformance vectors and the reference code are to be published in the repository sanad-protocol/sanad, with a permanent archive copy and a DOI for each version. Until then this website is the reference.