RFC 6920 — Naming Things with Hashes
Source citation
Farrell, S., Kutscher, D., Dannewitz, C., Ohlman, B., Keranen, A. & Hallam-Baker, P. *Naming Things with Hashes.* RFC 6920, Internet Engineering Task Force, April 2013. doi:10.17487/RFC6920. datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6920.
Citation: Farrell, S., Kutscher, D., Dannewitz, C., Ohlman, B., Keranen, A. & Hallam-Baker, P. Naming Things with Hashes. RFC 6920, Internet Engineering Task Force, April 2013. doi:10.17487/RFC6920. datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6920.
Type: IETF Request for Comments — formal specification. Subject: A naming scheme using cryptographic hashes of content as identifiers, enabling content addressing across heterogeneous storage systems.
Use in graph:
- Foundational reference for content-addressed identification, the architectural property M-0002 calls "verifiable integrity."
- Cited in C-0007 and elsewhere as the formal grounding for the claim that integrity is mathematically verifiable rather than procedurally asserted.
The RFC is the canonical specification of the property; Git, IPFS, Software Heritage, and other Tier 3 implementations are concrete realizations of it.
Original whitepaper reference: [10]