Identifiers Beyond the Persistency: A Truly Decentralised PID Concept with Rankless Trust Model
Current PID systems, especially DOI, still depend on a central authority that could disappear, change its policies, or simply go offline. We present a non-blockchain-dependent, truly decentralised Persistent Identifier architecture that eliminates single points of failure without the energy costs or governance complexity of distributed ledger systems. It is reached through a DHT-based, cryptographically verifiable mesh of nodes, realms, and providers that can mint, resolve, and version PIDs across scientific research, industrial automation, and open-data ecosystems. The architecture supports FAIR principles through persistent, machine-actionable resolution paths, while data loss resistance is achieved through mandatory replication across providers and a Git-like sectioned hash tree that the integrity. The presentation describes a realm-based multi-lookup mechanism by which the same PID could be resolved from multiple contexts. We kindly invite all the participants to discuss the ideation of the implementation and the addressed challenges.