Status: CG Input - Editor's Draft
Version: 0.0.1
Published baseline: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20475345
Editor's Draft: https://recordweb.github.io/rwp/
Editor: Nik Jenzer, [email protected]

The RecordWeb Protocol (RWP) is the normative technical specification for the creation, versioning, linking, and cryptographic proof of Records in RWP-compliant systems.

RWP is the normative counterpart to the RecordWeb Concept (RWC). The RWC describes the conceptual foundations; RWP translates these into binding technical requirements using RFC 2119 compliance terminology.

1. Every Record is globally identifiable via a Decentralized Identifier (DID), independent of storage location.
2. Every finalised version is a cryptographically secured, immutable snapshot identified by its content hash.
3. All versions form a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) that structurally anchors the complete history.
4. The Case Merkle root aggregates all linked Records into a single, provable fingerprint.

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Current draft: published under [W3C Software and Document License] for discussion. Future CG specification: will follow W3C Community Group report licensing and CLA requirements.

• RecordWeb Concept (RWC) — Conceptual foundation
• RecordWeb Community Group — W3C CG