TY - GEN
T1 - Trusty URIs
T2 - Verifiable, immutable, and permanent digital artifacts for linked data
AU - Kuhn, Tobias
AU - Dumontier, M.
N1 - Small error corrected in the text (table data was correct) on page 13: "All average values are below 0.8s (0.03s for batch mode). Using Java in batch mode even requires only 1ms per file."
PY - 2014/1/16
Y1 - 2014/1/16
N2 - To make digital resources on the web verifiable, immutable, and permanent, we propose a technique to include cryptographic hash values in uris. We call them trusty uris and we show how they can be used for approaches like nanopublications to make not only specific resources but their entire reference trees verifiable. Digital artifacts can be identified not only on the byte level but on more abstract levels such as rdf graphs, which means that resources keep their hash values even when presented in a different format. Our approach sticks to the core principles of the web, namely openness and decentralized architecture, is fully compatible with existing standards and protocols, and can therefore be used right away. Evaluation of our reference implementations shows that these desired properties are indeed accomplished by our approach, and that it remains practical even for very large files.
AB - To make digital resources on the web verifiable, immutable, and permanent, we propose a technique to include cryptographic hash values in uris. We call them trusty uris and we show how they can be used for approaches like nanopublications to make not only specific resources but their entire reference trees verifiable. Digital artifacts can be identified not only on the byte level but on more abstract levels such as rdf graphs, which means that resources keep their hash values even when presented in a different format. Our approach sticks to the core principles of the web, namely openness and decentralized architecture, is fully compatible with existing standards and protocols, and can therefore be used right away. Evaluation of our reference implementations shows that these desired properties are indeed accomplished by our approach, and that it remains practical even for very large files.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-07443-6_27
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-07443-6_27
M3 - Conference article in proceeding
SN - 9783319074429
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
SP - 395
EP - 410
BT - The Semantic Web: Trends and Challenges
PB - Springer, Cham
ER -