Self-Sovereign Identity-Based E-Portfolio Ecosystem
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Abstract
In Taiwan, traditional student assessments, covering academic and extracurricular achievements, have shifted from paper to electronic portfolios (e-portfolios). However, limited trust among institutions restricts students from freely sharing and using their educational data. This paper introduces a self-sovereign identity-based infrastructure aimed at enhancing personal data security within the e-portfolio ecosystem. The proposed system includes two core components: (1) a decentralized identity chain, aligning user identities across platforms and granting users full self-sovereign control; and (2) an e-portfolio application chain to manage user interactions and access permissions within the ecosystem. A trusted educational authority also audits data sources, ensuring data integrity and reliability. This infrastructure empowers users to control who can access their data, safeguarding their security, with the identity chain preventing unauthorized access and the application chain recording authorization statuses to restrict data visibility to approved parties only.
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OpenAlex topics: Blockchain Technology Applications and Security · FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
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Affiliations
Department of Computer Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
Funding
National Science and Technology council
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