At the heart of the Hypermedia protocol is the immutable data that is signed by authors and then distributed over IPFS

Aside from files/attachments, every Data Blob utilizes IPLD DAG-CBOR format to produce structured IPFS blocks identified by CID.

Here we introduce you to the Signed Data Blob and all of the data it can produce. Then you can reference the Protocol which builds on this knowledge to offer many different RPCs for exchanging the signed data and the interpreted results.

Resources

All mutable data in the Hypermedia ecosystem is either a Resource or a ChangeResource

Document

Comment

Capability

Data Blob Definitions

Each of these Signed Data Blobs are objects with a "type" field that discriminates against the following types:

Ref — A "commit" to a Document in a certain location

Change — Describes an update or creation of Document content

Comment — A Resource that describes a comment

Capability — A Resource that gives permission from one account to another

Contact — The Resource that allows an Account to publicly annotate another Account with trust information

Profile — Provides metadata for the Account

All Definitions

Profile

Document

Capability

ChangeResource

Ref

Change

Signed Data Blob

Data Blob

Contact

Comment

Resource