surdykbaba/iexa

IDXA — Interoperable Data eXchange for Africa. Open, community-governed framework for federated data exchange. # IEXA — Interoperability and Exchange Alliance **Together towards a federated and sovereign data infrastructure for Africa.** IEXA is an open, community-governed framework for secure, federated data exchange across Africa — invoicing, identity and trusted data. It is a neutral standard, a trust framework, and a community. Not a product, not owned by any single company. Inspired by the world's most successful interoperability initiatives — X-Road, Gaia-X, Peppol and MOSIP. 🌍 **Website:** surdykbaba.github.io ## The reference implementation A small, runnable realisation of the four-corner, federated model — written in Go, standard-library only. It demonstrates the core trust properties; see docs/ARCHITECTURE.md. ```bash bash scripts/demo.sh ``` Boots a Registry and two Member Nodes, sends a **signed** invoice from one to the other, and shows it arriving **verified**. Full walkthrough in docs/QUICKSTART.md. ## Layout | Path | What it is | |------|-----------| | `cmd/registry` | The shared **Registry** (directory / trust list) — metadata + public keys only. | | `cmd/node` | A **Member Node** — the single gateway each participant runs. | | `internal/message` | The signed **envelope** (build / sign / verify). | | `internal/trust` | Ed25519 key primitives. | | `specs/` | JSON Schema: the envelope + invoicing & identity profiles. | | `scripts/demo.sh` | End-to-end local network demo. | | `index.html` | The project website (self-contained). | | `IEXA-Whitepaper.docx` | Concept & Founding Framework (v0.1 working draft). | ## The framework - **Open Standards** — public, versioned specifications via an open RFC process. - **Trust Framework** — verification, accreditation and conformance testing. - **Federation** — decentralised member nodes; no single point of control, no central data store. ## Status `v0.1` — a working draft and reference build, published openly for community review. Developers, providers, regulators and young technologists all wel …