December 10, 2025 · 6:58 pm
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Self-Sovereign Control (SSC) 7.0 Metamodel

Also known as the Grand Scheme of Things (GST).

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SSI 7.0 Identity Framework

Each persona #2-9 has its own identity – its own set of claims that are projected onto it. In addition, each persona has an identifier associated with it (e.g. ALICE SMITH, ALICE DIGI, ALICE ROBOT) and possibly 1 or more additional identifiers (e.g. each persona also has an identifier whose value is a DID). An identifier is a name or label for a persona’s identity.

SSC 7.0 Metamodel

Inspired by Tim Bouma’s extended article Things in Control: Part 2 – Charting a New Policy Path.

I firmly believe we’re heading toward a definition of something called Self-Sovereign Control (SSC) that will succeed Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI). SSI has remained an unrealized concept, while SSC has the real potential of becoming a core building block (part of the concrete foundation) for the human digital identity.

Tim Bouma’s Definition of Identity

Identity, properly understood, is a capability surface: the total set of Things in Control that a person can activate.

SSC Simplified Metamodel

The following is an easier-to-digest version of the SSC Metamodel – ideal for many less technical audiences.

SSC Verifiable Trust Circles (VTCs)

SSC Verifiable Trust Circles (VTCs) are based on UMCs. A VTC can have one, two, three, or more verifiable members. VTCs are circle relationships, not straight line relationships. VTCs can live at any layer in the SSC Metamodel: Beneficial Controller, Intermediate Controller, or Technical Controller. Below is an example of a Beneficial Controller-layer VTC.

VTCs can be used to represent single-party, two-party, or multi-party membership, citizenship, and other partOf relationships. VTCs can also be used to implement/track higher-level working group, team, study group, task force, and digital nation-state processes:

  • Multi-person meeting requests
  • Trustee and notary elections
  • Voting-based decision-making
  • Review and approval routing workflows
  • Contract execution
  • Counter-signing
  • Polls
  • Petitions
  • …

SSC 7.0 Verifiable Trust Circles ChainMail (VTC-CM)

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