I asked my Solution architect to review working Draft 9 and provide feedback from the perspective of a CTO working in the Digital trust domain. Here is his feedback:
Good morning, I did a first reading of the Kantara Initiative - Digital Identifier Inclusion document. Maybe I need to read it again for more detailed
feedback but my impression of this document, and if I where like a CTO of a company working in that field is the following;
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It does outline the problem and need for more inclusion quite well, however it feels like they want to cover everything and
everyone in this report. Which makes it hard to get make sense of where to start, necessary steps or even get an overview of what to consider.
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Some examples are much narrower in scope, and feel like, yes that is something we can solve/support but others felt like not
a technology problem but a institutional or society issue
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Since we are working on digital credentials technology my view will be biased, but the report seems to hint at (decentralized)
identifiers as the solution, without making a clear case for this problem->solution. The argument is thin and spread throughout the report (and possible linked reports).
I might have missed the point of this report in my first review, but found it pretty difficult to both summarize or formulate specific action points based
on what I read. But I will try to make some suggestions based on what I read (and some quick reading of the UNDP document (what does it mean to leave no one behind?).
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Use an existing framework (or create one) to clarify, categorize, and indicate key factors (e.g. the five intersecting factors
of being left behind, but then focused on underserved populations)
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Define (sub)goals and actions (like digital literacy, privacy and security, growth, accessibility)
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Identify key elements to reduce the digital divide and increase inclusion (related to previous factors, and goals)
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Discuss how to understand who is excluded, how to include and enable them and how to contribute and unify these innovations
to a wider public (i.e. a process)
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Provide a scorecard or roadmap (for C-level?) like a navigation tool and to grasp what areas need improvements and what areas
and levels of inclusion one could consider (you can't solve everything at once, but what is basic, what is intermediate and advanced)
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(also some sentences seem to just describe the properties of a digital wallet. which i might it make the paper incoherent/cloudy
on what is being discussed and proposed - imho what a digital wallet should be and do is a different topic and should mostly be left out?)
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Jorge Flores | Co-founder and CTO
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