# Browsers, Platforms & Standards 2023

Increase adoption of IPFS and Filecoin in long-term areas such as browsers, mobile, space, and metaverse through direct contribution, collaborations and standards development.

## Vision

Content addressing, cryptographically verifiable data and transport-agnostic applications are:
* Available in the web platform itself - choosable by developers to deploy to users through mainstream web browsers
* Able to be implemented and integrated into a wide variety of platforms
* Interoperable based on a strong foundation of specifications and testing deeply integrated into development

## Mission

* Grow the implementation and adoption of content-addressing, IPFS, Filecoin by browser engines, operating systems and developer tools
* Nurture the acceptance and integration of content-addressing, IPFS, Filecoin through presence and participation in relevant standards and policy bodies
* Identify, evaluate and shepherd opportunities to leapfrog entrenched ecosystems/technologies/platforms by leveraging the openness of the web platform as an unfair advantage

## How we work

* meet people where they work
* dogfooding
* building proofs of concept
* supporting others doing key integration work

## Team

* Dietrich Ayala - figurehead
* David Justice - browser extension, mobile app development
* Mark Gaiser - OS and library integrations
* Robin Berjon - standards and governance lead
* TBH - technical project manager
* TBH - browser engineer
* TBH - open source emissary / CX designer
* TBH - tools / integration developer

Auxiliary / Honorary / Dippin
* Lidel - Stewards team, Protocol Labs (Kubo, gateway, companion, more)
* Juan Caballero - part time, representing/organizing for identity and interop for things like CASA

## 2023 Strategy / Goals / Roadmap

* Browsers: Transition IPFS from “fringe experiment” to “readily available feature” in a way that results in developers and users asking vendors why it’s not available in their products yet.
* Browser Extensions:
* Standards: Achieve a wedge into the space via a presence in web2 standards fora to grow recognition of content addressing as a foot in the door, working to reorient the trust model around verifiable data, user-owned identities and grow understanding of the costs of DNS+SSL trust model.
* Operating Systems:
* Open Source Libraries:
* Mobile:
* IoT/Space:

### 2023 OKRs

## Comms / Engagement

#browsers-and-standards on…

➡️ [Filecoin Slack](https://filecoin.io/slack)

➡️ [IPFS Discord](https://discord.gg/ipfs)

➡️ [IPFS Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#ipfs-space:ipfs.io)

## TODO

* Figure out how high up into "why" the vision/mission go for the team
* eg: There are cultural impact opportunities for these technologies, ie: http://la3.org/~kilburn/blog/catalan-government-bypass-ipfs/ Are we interested in fostering these also? Is this already covered in the above mission statement points?