# Sarven Capadisli ![[50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/2026-05-04 Sarven Capadisli.jpg|400]] Sarven Capadisli is a web standards researcher and practitioner best known for chairing the W3C Solid Community Group and serving as lead editor of the [[Solid Protocol]] specification. He has been active in open web standards since 2006 and holds a Dr. rer. nat. in Computer Science from the University of Bonn (2020), where his dissertation, "Linked Research on the Decentralised Web," laid out the theoretical and practical foundations for academic publishing on decentralized infrastructure. He was elected to the W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) in early 2025, one of the highest technical bodies in web standardization. Capadisli is also the creator of dokieli, an open-source, browser-based decentralized authoring and annotation tool that enables users to write, annotate, and share scholarly documents entirely on the decentralized web without depending on any central platform. He contributed the Linked Data Notifications (LDN) specification — now a W3C Recommendation — which defines a protocol for decentralized notifications across the web. His work consistently bridges theoretical web architecture with practical tools for giving individuals sovereignty over their data and communications. ## Known For - Lead editor of the [[Solid Protocol]] (W3C Solid Community Group chair) - Creator of dokieli: decentralized authoring and annotation - Linked Data Notifications (LDN) W3C Recommendation - Elected member, W3C Technical Architecture Group (2025–2027) - Dr. rer. nat., University of Bonn — "Linked Research on the Decentralised Web" ## Recent Activity ### 2025–2026 - Elected to W3C Technical Architecture Group (February 2025) - Lecturer at University of St. Gallen: "Technologien/Technology: The Socially Aware Web" (from October 2025) - Continuing as W3C Solid Community Group chair and Solid Protocol lead editor ## Quotes ```dataview LIST FROM [[]] WHERE contains(tags, "type/quote") ``` ## Books ```dataview LIST FROM [[]] WHERE contains(tags, "type/book") ``` ## Related - [[Tim Berners-Lee]] - [[Solid Protocol]] - [[Solid]] - [[Ruben Verborgh]] - [[WebID]] ## References - https://csarven.ca/ - https://csarven.ca/cv - https://2023.mydata.org/speaker/sarven-capadisli/ - https://www.w3.org/news/2025/w3c-advisory-committee-elects-technical-architecture-group/ - https://genr.eu/wp/an-interview-with-sarven-capadisli-on-autonomous-linked-research/