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What Is a Wellbeing Identity?

A plain-language pillar guide to Wellbeing Identity as a living state updated by validated Value Capture, Wellbecoming, and SAOcommons flows.

Quick Answer

A Wellbeing Identity is a living protocol state, not a standalone profile. In The Internet of Value, ~WellbeingIdentity is updated by validated flows from ~ValueCaptureProtocol, ~WellbecomingProtocol, and ~SAOcommons, with consent and disclosure rules controlling what can become visible.

The protocol term is Wellbeing Identity. Aura View is a user-interface metaphor for how parts of that identity may be experienced or displayed.

Why It Matters Now

Most identity systems answer a narrow question: who is this person, account, wallet, credential holder, employee, student, or citizen?

That is necessary, but incomplete. Human value also changes through:

  • lived time and contribution
  • learning and skill development
  • private wellbeing context
  • community validation
  • earned credentials and attestations
  • consent, disclosure, revocation, and selective publication

Wellbeing Identity gives those changes a protocol state without collapsing a person into a public profile.

Internet of Value Interpretation

The Internet of Value treats identity as something that can be updated by real activity and validated context.

The flow is:

  1. ~ValueCaptureProtocol records bounded time, activity, proof, attribution, and integrity.
  2. ~WellbecomingProtocol interprets the activity through human state and performance context.
  3. ~SAOcommons validates performance outputs when the Performance gateway is active.
  4. ~WellbeingIdentity receives the resulting state updates under consent and disclosure rules.

That means a Wellbeing Identity can include stable anchors, earned history, skills, story, moral compass, identity state, and consent controls, but those pieces are not all public and not all updated the same way.

Protocol Grounding

The canonical ~WellbeingIdentity spec defines eight Level 2 nodes:

  • ~~GivenIdentity
  • ~~EarnedIdentity
  • ~~RentedIdentity
  • ~~Skills
  • ~~MoralCompass
  • ~~Story
  • ~~IdentityState
  • ~~ConsentAndDisclosure

A complete Wellbeing Identity document uses a did:iov:member:<uuid-v4> document-level anchor. ~~GivenIdentity/~~~DID is a compatibility projection of that same anchor.

The spec states that Wellbeing Identity is not a measurement protocol. It is a state container updated by the other protocols and by the individual author where manual identity fields are involved.

Completion of a full identity workshop means every canonical node and facet has been consciously addressed. Unknown, not-applicable, withheld, and pending-validation states are valid; completion does not force disclosure or impose a minimum WellbeingScore.

Practical Example

A person contributes to a community learning project.

The system might capture:

  • a time slice and proof through ~ValueCaptureProtocol
  • learning and performance context through ~WellbecomingProtocol
  • community validation of the deliverable through ~SAOcommons
  • a skill or earned-identity update inside ~WellbeingIdentity

Private stress, rest, feeling, or thought context must not become a public credential directly. Public updates require appropriate performance, validation, consent, and disclosure boundaries.

What It Does Not Claim

Wellbeing Identity is not a passport replacement.

It is not a social media profile, wallet address, public scorecard, or employment file.

It is not proof that every private state should be recorded or exposed.

It is a protocol state for responsible identity update from time, wellbeing context, contribution, validation, and consent.

FAQ

Is Wellbeing Identity the same as digital identity?

No. Digital identity often identifies, authenticates, authorizes, or credentials a subject. Wellbeing Identity represents a living state updated by protocol flows. See Wellbeing Identity vs digital identity.

Is Aura View the official protocol term?

No. The protocol term is Wellbeing Identity. Aura View is a user-interface metaphor and should not replace the canonical term in protocol-grounded writing.

Does a Wellbeing Identity require publishing private information?

No. The ~~ConsentAndDisclosure node controls disclosure policy, selective disclosure, audience scopes, consent grants, expiry, and revocation state. Unknown, withheld, and not-applicable states are valid.

Does a Wellbeing Identity automatically change when someone uses an app?

No. Public analysis can be identity-independent. Identity updates require explicit flow, consent, provenance, and applicable validation rules.

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