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DIDs & DDOs - Asset Identifiers & Objects Specification of Ocean asset identifiers and objects using DIDs & DDOs /concepts/did-ddo/ concepts

Overview

This document describes how Ocean assets follow the DID/DDO spec, such that Ocean assets can inherit DID/DDO benefits and enhance interoperability.

Decentralized identifiers (DIDs) are a new type of identifier that enables verifiable, decentralized digital identity. Each DID is associated with a unique entity. DIDs may represent humans, objects, and more.

A DID Document (DDO) is JSON blob that holds information about the DID. Given a DID, a resolver will return the DDO of that DID.

If a DID is the index key in a key-value pair, then the DID Document is the value to which the index key points. The combination of a DID and its associated DID Document forms the root record for a decentralized identifier.

DIDs and DDOs follow this specification defined by the World Wide Web Consurtium (W3C).

Rules for DIDs & DDOs in Ocean

  • An asset in Ocean represents a downloadable file, compute service, or similar. Each asset is a resource under control of a publisher. The Ocean network itself does not store the actual resource (e.g. files).
  • An asset should have a DID and DDO. The DDO should include metadata about the asset.
  • The DDO can only can be modified by owners or delegated users.
  • There must be at least one client library acting as resolver, to get a DDO from a DID.
  • A metadata cache like Aquarius can help in reading and searching through DDO data from the chain.

State

  • Each asset has a state, which is held by the NFT Contract (and is also stored in the DDO.status.status). The possible states are:
    • 0 = active
    • 1 = end-of-life
    • 2 = deprecated (by another asset)
    • 3 = revoked by publisher

Flow for publishing / retrieving DDOs

  • The DDO is stored on-chain.
  • It's stored encrypted (using the private key of the provider). To resolve it, you must query the provider.

Here is the complete flow:

title DDO flow

User(Ocean library) -> User(Ocean library): Prepare DDO
User(Ocean library) -> Provider: encrypt DDO
Provider -> User(Ocean library): encryptedDDO
User(Ocean library) -> ERC721 contract: publish encryptedDDO
Aquarius <-> ERC721 contract: monitors ERC721 contract and gets MetdadataCreated Event (contains encryptedDDO)
Aquarius -> ERC721 contract: calls getMetaData()
Aquarius -> Provider: decrypt encryptedDDO, signed request using Aquarius's private key
Provider -> ERC721 contract: checks state using getMetaData()
Provider -> Provider: depending on metadataState (expired,retired) and aquarius address, validates the request
Provider -> Aquarius: DDO
Aquarius -> Aquarius : validate DDO
Aquarius -> Aquarius : cache DDO

DDO_flow

DID Structure

In Ocean, a DID is a string that looks like:

did:op:0ebed8226ada17fde24b6bf2b95d27f8f05fcce09139ff5cec31f6d81a7cd2ea

where "0ebed8226ada17fde24b6bf2b95d27f8f05fcce09139ff5cec31f6d81a7cd2ea" = sha256(ERC721 contract addres + chainId)

It follows the generic DID scheme.

DDO Attributes

A DDO has these standard attributes (required):

  • @context = array, contexts used for validation
  • id = string, computed as sha256(address of ERC721 contract + chainId)
  • created = contains the date of publishing, ISO Date Time Format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss. SSSXXX — for example, "2000-10-31T01:30:00.000-05:00
  • updated = contains the date of last update, ISO Date Time Format
  • proof = proof of ownership, optional

In Ocean, the DDO also has:

  • version - string, stores version information (example: v4.0.0)
  • chainId - integer, stores chainId of the network used
  • metadata - stores metadata information Metadata
  • services - stores an array of services Services
  • credentials - optional flag, which describes the credentials needed to access a dataset Credentials
  • status - stores status related fields Status
  • files and encryptedFiles - stores file(s) informations Files

In addition, Aquarius will add the following objects, which are not taken into account when DDO hash is calculated:

  • event - stores the last event information Event
  • stats - stores several fields for statistics Stats

Metadata

The object has the following attributes.

Attribute Type Required Description
description Text Yes Details of what the resource is. For a dataset, this attribute explains what the data represents and what it can be used for.
copyrightHolder Text No The party holding the legal copyright. Empty by default.
name Text Yes Descriptive name or title of the asset.
type Text Yes Asset type. Includes "dataset" (e.g. csv file), "algorithm" (e.g. Python script). Each type needs a different subset of metadata attributes.
author Text Yes Name of the entity generating this data (e.g. Tfl, Disney Corp, etc.).
license Text Yes Short name referencing the license of the asset (e.g. Public Domain, CC-0, CC-BY, No License Specified, etc. ). If it's not specified, the following value will be added: "No License Specified".
links Array of Link No Mapping of links for data samples, or links to find out more information. Links may be to either a URL or another Asset. We expect marketplaces to converge on agreements of typical formats for linked data: The Ocean Protocol itself does not mandate any specific formats as these requirements are likely to be domain-specific. The links array can be an empty array, but if there is a link object in it, then an "url" is required in that link object.
contentLanguage Text No The language of the content. Please use one of the language codes from the IETF BCP 47 standard
categories Array of Text No Optional array of categories associated to the asset. Note: recommended to use "tags" instead of this.
tags Array of Text No Array of keywords or tags used to describe this content. Empty by default.
additionalInformation Object No Stores additional information, this is customizable by publisher

Depending on the asset type (dataset, algorithm), there are different metadata attributes supported:

Algorithm attributes

An asset of type algorithm has the following additional attributes under algorithm in metadata object:

Attribute Type Required Description
language string no Language used to implement the software
version string no Version of the software.
container Container Object yes Object describing the Docker container image.(see below)

The container object has the following attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
entrypoint string yes The command to execute, or script to run inside the Docker image.
image string yes Name of the Docker image.
tag string yes Tag of the Docker image.
checksum string yes Checksum of the Docker image.

Services

Attribute Type Required Description
type Text Yes Type of service (access, compute, wss, etc
name Text No Service friendly name
description Text No Service description
datatokenAddress Text Yes Datatoken address
providerEndpoint Text Yes Provider URI
timeout Number Yes describing how long the sevice can be used after consumption is initiated. A timeout of 0 represents no time limit. Expressed in seconds.
files Array of files object **No ** Array of File objects including the encrypted file urls that overwrites the root files object for this service Files

Depending on the service type, the following attributes are applied:

Compute datasets attributes

An asset with a service of type compute has the following additional attributes under privacy object :

Attribute Type Required Description
allowRawAlgorithm boolean yes If True, a drag & drop algo can be runned
allowNetworkAccess boolean yes If True, the algo job will have network access (stil WIP)
publisherTrustedAlgorithmPublishers Array of String yes If Empty , then any published algo is allowed. Otherwise, only published algorithms by some publishers are allowed
publisherTrustedAlgorithms Array of publisherTrustedAlgorithms yes If Empty , then any published algo is allowed. (see below)

The publisherTrustedAlgorithms is an array of objects with the following structure:

Attribute Type Required Description
did string yes The did of the algo which is trusted by the publisher.
filesChecksum string yes Hash of ( algorithm's encryptedFiles + files section (as string) )
containerSectionChecksum string yes Hash of the algorithm container section (as string)

To produce filesChecksum:

sha256(algorithm_ddo.service['metadata'].attributes.encryptedFiles + JSON.Stringify(algorithm_ddo.service['metadata'].attributes.main.files) )

To produce containerSectionChecksum:

sha256(JSON.Stringify(algorithm_ddo.service['metadata'].attributes.main.algorithm.container))

Example:


{
   {...},
   "services":[
      {
         "type":"access",
         "name":"Download service",
         "description":"Download service",
         "datatokenAddress":"0x123",
         "providerEndpoint":"https://myprovider",
         "timeout":0
      },
      {
         "type":"compute",
         "name":"Compute service",
         "description":"Compute service",
         "datatokenAddress":"0x124",
         "providerEndpoint":"https://myprovider",
         "timeout":0,
         "privacy":{
            "allowRawAlgorithm":false,
            "allowNetworkAccess":true,
            "publisherTrustedAlgorithmPublishers":[
               "0x234",
               "0x235"
            ],
            "publisherTrustedAlgorithms":[
               {
                  "did":"did:op:123",
                  "filesChecksum":"100",
                  "containerSectionChecksum":"200"
               },
               {
                  "did":"did:op:124",
                  "filesChecksum":"110",
                  "containerSectionChecksum":"210"
               }
            ]
         }
      }
   ]
}

Credentials

By default, a consumer can access a resource if they have 1.0 datatokens. Credentials allow the publisher to optionally specify finer-grained permissions.

Consider a medical data use case, where only a credentialed EU researcher can legally access a given dataset. Ocean supports this as follows: a consumer can only access the resource if they have 1.0 datatokens and one of the specified "allow" credentials.

This is like going to an R-rated movie, where you can only get in if you show both your movie ticket (datatoken) and some some id showing you're old enough (credential).

Only credentials that can be proven are supported. This includes Ethereum public addresses, and (in the future) W3C Verifiable Credentials and more.

Ocean also supports "deny" credentials: if a consumer has any of these credentials, they cannot access the resource.

Here's an example object with both "allow" and "deny" entries.

{
  {...},
  "credentials":{
      "allow":[
         {
            "type":"address",
            "values":[
               "0x123",
               "0x456"
            ]
         }
      ],
      "deny":[
        {
         "type":"address",
         "values":[
            "0x2222",
            "0x333"
         ]
        }
      ]
  }
}

For future usage, we can extend that with different credentials types. Example:

{
  "type": "credential3Box",
  "values": ["profile1", "profile2"]
}

Status

The status object contains the following attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
state number yes State of the asset (see State )
isListed boolean no If this asset should be displayed
isOrderDisabled boolean no If this asset has ordering disabled
{
  {...},
  "status": {
    "status": 0,
    "isListed": true,
    "isOrderDisabled": false
  }

Files

The files section contains a file object (that contains a list of file objects) and a encryptedFiles string which contains the encrypted urls

Each file object has the following attributes, with the details necessary to consume and validate the data.

Attribute Required Description
contentType Yes File format.
url Local Content URL. Omitted from the remote metadata. Supports http(s):// and ipfs:// URLs.
name No File name.
checksum No Checksum of the file using your preferred format (i.e. MD5). Format specified in checksumType. If it's not provided can't be validated if the file was not modified after registering.
checksumType No Format of the provided checksum. Can vary according to server (i.e Amazon vs. Azure)
contentLength No Size of the file in bytes.
encoding No File encoding (e.g. UTF-8).
compression No File compression (e.g. no, gzip, bzip2, etc).
encrypted No Boolean. Is the file encrypted? If is not set is assumed the file is not encrypted
encryptionMode No Encryption mode used. Just valid if encrypted=true
resourceId No Remote identifier of the file in the external provider. It is typically the remote id in the cloud provider.
attributes No Key-Value hash map with additional attributes describing the asset file. It could include details like the Amazon S3 bucket, region, etc.

Exanple:

{
  {..},
  files:{
    "files": [
            {
              "contentLength": "3975",
              "contentType": "text/csv"
            }
          ],
    "encryptedFiles": "0x044736da6dae39889ff570c34540f24e5e084f4e5bd81eff3691b729c2dd1465ae8292fc721e9d4b1f10f56ce12036c9d149a4dab454b0795bd3ef8b7722c6001e0becdad5caeb2005859642284ef6a546c7ed76f8b350480691f0f6c6dfdda6c1e4d50ee90e83ce3cb3ca0a1a5a2544e10daa6637893f4276bb8d7301eb35306ece50f61ca34dcab550b48181ec81673953d4eaa4b5f19a45c0e9db4cd9729696f16dd05e0edb460623c843a263291ebe757c1eb3435bb529cc19023e0f49db66ef781ca692655992ea2ca7351ac2882bf340c9d9cb523b0cbcd483731dc03f6251597856afa9a68a1e0da698cfc8e81824a69d92b108023666ee35de4a229ad7e1cfa9be9946db2d909735",
  }
}

Event

The event section contains informations about the latest transaction that created or update the ddo This section is auto-completed by aquarius.

{
  {...},
  "event": {
    "txid": "0x8d127de58509be5dfac600792ad24cc9164921571d168bff2f123c7f1cb4b11c",
    "blockNo": 12831214,
    "from": "0xAcca11dbeD4F863Bb3bC2336D3CE5BAC52aa1f83",
    "contract": "0x1a4b70d8c9DcA47cD6D0Fb3c52BB8634CA1C0Fdf",
    "update": false,
    "chainId": 1,
  }

Stats

The stats section contains different statics fields This section is auto-completed by aquarius.

{
  {...},
  "stats": {
    "consumes":4
  }

DDO Hash

In order to ensure the integrity, a hash is computed for each DDO, following the next steps:

  • remove event object from root (if exists)
  • remove stats object from root (if exists)
  • hash = sha256(JSON.stringify(DDO))

The hash is used when publishing/update metadata using setMetaData function in ERC721 contract and it is stored in the event generated by the ERC721 contract:

event MetadataCreated(
       address indexed createdBy,
       uint8 state,
       string decryptorUrl,
       bytes flags,
       bytes data,
       bytes metaDataHash,
       uint256 timestamp,
       uint256 blockNumber
   );

event MetadataUpdated(
       address indexed updatedBy,
       uint8 state,
       string decryptorUrl,
       bytes flags,
       bytes data,
       bytes metaDataHash,
       uint256 timestamp,
       uint256 blockNumber
   );

Aquarius should always chech the hash after data is decrypted(provider api called), in order to ensure ddo integrity.

Full DDO Example:

{
  "@context": ["https://w3id.org/did/v1"],
  "id": "did:op:ACce67694eD2848dd683c651Dab7Af823b7dd123",
  "created": "2020-11-15T12:27:48Z",
  "updated": "2021-05-17T21:58:02Z",
  "version": "v4.0.0",
  "chainId": 1,
  "metadata":{
      "description": "Sample description",
      "name": "Sample asset",
      "type": "dataset",
      "author": "OPF",
      "license": "https://market.oceanprotocol.com/terms",
   },
   files:{
      "files": [
            {
              "contentLength": "3975",
              "contentType": "text/csv"
            }
          ],
      "encryptedFiles": "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",
   },
   "services":[
      {
         "type":"access",
         "name":"Download service",
         "description":"Download service",
         "datatokenAddress":"0x123",
         "providerEndpoint":"https://myprovider",
         "timeout":0
      }
   ],
   "credentials":{
      "allow":[
         {
            "type":"address",
            "values":[
               "0x123",
               "0x456"
            ]
         }
      ],
      "deny":[
        {
         "type":"address",
         "values":[
            "0x2222",
            "0x333"
         ]
        }
      ]
   },
   "status": {
      "status": 0,
      "isListed": true,
      "isOrderDisabled": false
   }
}