Solid Lite Implementation Proposals (SLIPs)

SLIPs are composable building blocks for decentralized web servers. Pick the SLIPs you need — different combinations create different profiles.

SLIP Index

Core Foundation

SLIP	Name	Status	JSS
10	HTTP Methods	Draft	✅
11	CORS Headers	Draft	✅
12	JSON-LD	Draft	✅
13	URI Resources	Draft	✅

Identity

SLIP	Name	Status	JSS
20	WebID Profile	Draft	✅
21	did:nostr	Draft	✅
22	Identity Linking	Draft	⏳

Data & Formats

SLIP	Name	Status	JSS
30	Turtle	Draft	✅
31	Content Negotiation	Draft	✅
32	Data Islands	Draft	⏳
33	PATCH	Draft	✅

Features

SLIP	Name	Status	JSS
40	Containers	Draft	✅
41	Pods	Draft	✅
42	WebSockets	Draft	✅
43	Type Index	Draft	⏳
44	Mashlib/SolidOS	Draft	✅

Federation

SLIP	Name	Status	JSS
50	ActivityPub	Draft	⏳
51	WebFinger	Draft	⏳
52	HTTP Signatures	Draft	⏳
53	Nostr Relays	Draft	⏳

Authentication

SLIP	Name	Status	JSS
80	Null Auth	Draft	✅
81	Bearer Token	Draft	✅
82	Schnorr/NIP-98	Draft	✅
83	Solid-OIDC	Draft	✅

Authorization

SLIP	Name	Status	JSS
90	Owner Write	Draft	✅
91	WAC	Draft	✅
92	ACP	Draft	⏳

Profiles (Recipes)

Different SLIP combinations create different server profiles:

Profile	SLIPs	Description
Minimal	10, 11, 12, 80	10-minute implementation
Single-User	Minimal + 81, 90	Personal data store
LWS	Core + 20, 83, 91, 40	W3C target
ActivityPub	Minimal + 50, 51, 52	Fediverse
Full JSS	All SLIPs	Complete Solid server
Nostr-Native	Minimal + 21, 82, 91	Passwordless, no registration

Contributing

1. Discuss your idea in GitHub Issues
2. Draft a SLIP following the template
3. Submit a Pull Request
4. Review and iterate with community
5. Implement in reference server (JSS)

SLIP Numbering

• 1-99: Core protocol
• 100-999: Extended features
• 1000-9999: Related projects
• 10000+: Community extensions

References

• Solid Lite Spec
• JSS Reference Implementation
• Linked Web Storage (W3C)