The network opportunity
Know what everyone means.
CommonID gives independent systems one governed reference for the same organization, facility, product, material, claim, or transaction.
Architecture model
One CommonID across every record type.
Authorized registrars issue consistent identities that connect governed records and exchange workflows.
Operating workflow
Move from connected records to accountable action.
Map context, align the evidence, use bounded automation where it helps, and keep consequential decisions with authorized people.
- Prospective CommonID registrarsBecome an authorized issuer of CommonIDs for the entities and records that make shared commerce work.
- ExchangeOne CommonID across every record type.
- CommonShareMove from connected records to accountable action.
- VerifyIdentity needs authority.
- Accountable reviewerDecide
01 InitiateOpen the network case02 ResolveConnect the relevant records03 CoordinatePrepare and govern04 DecideKeep human authority05 ActIssue and reuse the outcome
Know what everyone means.
Become an authorized issuer of CommonIDs for the entities and records that make shared commerce work.
- Input
- Equip authorized registrars to issue reusable CommonIDs and verified credentials across supply chain entities and records.
- Decision or control
- Organizations coordinate around common identities, data meaning, verification, and workflows while retaining responsibility for systems, data, professional decisions, and participation permissions.
- Handoff
- Exchange · Data owner
- Know what everyone means.Prospective CommonID registrars
See how Commons Architecture can connect identity, data exchange, verification, and accountable automation around your use case.
Design principles
Identity needs authority.
Shared rules keep every CommonID reusable, connected, and governed.
Identify
Shared rules keep every CommonID reusable, connected, and governed.
Exchange
Shared rules keep every CommonID reusable, connected, and governed.
Verify
Shared rules keep every CommonID reusable, connected, and governed.
Coordinate
Shared rules keep every CommonID reusable, connected, and governed.
Governance boundary
Shared architecture does not mean shared control.
Organizations coordinate around common identities, data meaning, verification, and workflows while retaining responsibility for systems, data, professional decisions, and participation permissions.
Network operator
Become an authorized issuer of CommonIDs for the entities and records that make shared commerce work.
Data owner
Authorized registrars issue consistent identities that connect governed records and exchange workflows.
Evidence specialist
Shared rules keep every CommonID reusable, connected, and governed.
Accountable reviewer
CommonID gives independent systems one governed reference for the same organization, facility, product, material, claim, or transaction.