Fwd: Trying to explain BSC to HL7 Security and Privacy WGs

28 Sep 2016

      For posterity, please find below Kathleen's "matrix" table and 3D diagram
that we'd been discussing in the last couple of weeks.

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kathleen Connor <kathleen_connor@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 5:21 AM
Subject: RE: Trying to explain BSC to HL7 Security and Privacy WGs
To: Eve Maler <eve.maler@forgerock.com>, Thomas Hardjono <hardjono@mit.edu>,
john@wunderlich.ca, james.g.hzard@gmail.com
Cc: Kathleen Connor <kathleen_connor@comcast.net>

Hi

Maybe a picture works better than words in this case.

Visually, what I’m wishing for is something like this graph against which
BSC protocols/schemes could be plotted.

I.e., could any of you plot Stellar and Ethereum, or other types, on this
graph?

If not, what needs to change.

It’s somewhat difficult to clearly delineate economic and governance
paradigms, so maybe that’s the first step.

Public/Private may be easier.

-K

*From:* Kathleen Connor [mailto:kathleen_connor@comcast.net]
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 20, 2016 12:54 AM
*To:* 'Eve Maler'; 'Thomas Hardjono'; john@wunderlich.ca; '
james.g.hzard@gmail.com'
*Cc:* 'Kathleen Connor'
*Subject:* Trying to explain BSC to HL7 Security and Privacy WGs

Hi –

I’m at HL7 cochairing Security and Financial Management WGs – and BSC is a
“hot topic”.

During the last couple of BSC calls, we’ve talked about the different
governance/control/risk vectors related to the several BSC protocols.

I just wish I had enough of an overarching view that I could convey this to
those interested, large scale communities who are interested in deploying
for healthcare.

I have a few breadcrumbs, but know I’ve heard more from our DG.

Seems to me that if there were such a multi-axel grid for others to quickly
gauge where a particular BSC player/community/protocol lived in relation to
the rest, that it would be a “goodness” that we could contribute as a DG.

So, it’s too late for me to get enough done by tomorrow’s presentation
other than hand waving over a matrix – and I’m going to miss all of this
week’s calls, but wanted to know if this sort of approach [raw] makes sense
to the this group, and if so, to the larger group as a “cheat sheet”
contribution, if only to gather our own thoughts on the BSC taxonomy.

E.g. Purpose, how do I best explain the difference between MedRec and the
Alice/Bob Research use cases.

Or Ethereum and Stellar for preservation of Governance Principles?

If this has already been done – please let me know. Scott seemed to be way
ahead of us on the ethics/governance front.

Is there a simple way to make this clear to ourselves and others?

If not, could we put this on the work list as a possible taxonomy for the
BSC use cases?

Below are just guesses on columns and entries for discussion purposes.

-K

BSC Protocol

Public / Private

De/Centralized

Consensus/Dictator

Data Owner Control

Data Subject Control

Community Economic PRO

Community Economic CON

Risk Mitigation

Comments

Pure

Public

D

Anarchy

Ethereum

Public Vetted

D

Ranked voters

Stellar

Private Vetted

D

Vetted Voters

Eve Maler

Thorsten H. Niebuhr [WedaCon GmbH]

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