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# P2P Concepts
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2023-06-06 00:36:35 +00:00
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Overview of the various concepts that p2p systems have to handle or address with links to the sections where we address them!
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- [Definitions](definitions.html) - Terms used within the protocol spec
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- [Protocol](protocol.html) - The protocol spec itself, which encompasses the following sections and describes how they relate to one another.
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- [Identity](identity.html) - How each peer in the swarm is identified (or not)
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- [Discovery](discovery.html) - How peers are discovered and connected to in the swarm, or, how an identity is dereferenced into some network entity.
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- [Data Structures](data_structures.html) - What and how data is represented within the protocol
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- [Querying](querying.html) - How data, or pieces of data are requested from hosting peers
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- [Evolvability](evolvability.html) - How the protocol is intended to accommodate changes, plugins, etc.
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Additionally, p2p-ld considers these additional properties that are not universal to p2p protocols:
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- [Vocabulary](vocabulary.html) - The linked data vocabulary that is used within the protocol
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- [Encryption](encryption.html) - How individual messages can be encrypted and decrypted by peers
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- [Federation](federation.html) - How peers can form supra-peer clusters for swarm robustness, social organization, and governance
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- [Backwards Compatibility](backwards_compatibility.html) - How the protocol integrates with existing protocols and technologies.
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