Data Model Overview

The enmeshed data model can be divided into three parts:

• Transport types
• Local types
• Content types

The following diagram gives you an overview of all the existing types and how they are connected to each other. The subsequent chapters describe these types in more detail.

(note that you can click on each type in order to navigate to the paragraph with the corresponding description)

At a first glance the amount of types is overwhelming. But in the following chapters all of them are explained in detail.

Transport Types

Transport types like RelationshipTemplate, Token or File are types that are “exchanged” between Identities via the Backbone. They are created and updated by the Transport Layer. In most cases they have a content property, which contains the actual payload that should be transferred between the Identities. This payload is being encrypted when it is sent to the Backbone, and decrypted by the other Identity when it is received. The following sections describe the different Transport types and their properties.

Note that the properties of the types are the ones that exist locally (aka on the Connector/in the App). The Backbone does not necessarily know about them. The properties that only exist locally are marked accordingly in the tables below. Further there are properties that are confidential and are therefore encrypted before sent to the Backbone, in order to enable end-to-end encryption. Both kinds of these properties are marked accordingly in the “Remarks” column of the property tables below.

Token

Tokens can be used to save arbitrary structured data on the Backbone, which is encrypted with a random symmetric key. You can then pass the ID of the Token, together with the random key, to another Identity, which can then retrieve the token and decrypt it, e.g. inside of a QR Code, which you send to the recipient via letter. Tokens can be handy in a lot of scenarios, for example:

• You want to share secret information with someone you don’t have a Relationship with.
• The enmeshed App currently uses a Token to save a Backup of the Identity. ID and secret key are then encoded in a QR Code, which the user can print out and scan later in order to restore the Identity on a new device.

A Token has the following properties:

Name	Type	Description	Remarks
id	string	Unique identifier of this object. Remark: the ID of each Token starts with the letters “TOK”. This way you can tell apart a Token ID from any other ID just by looking at the prefix.
createdBy	string	The Address of the Identity that created the Token.
createdByDevice	string	The ID of the Device that created the Token. You can use this information to track back who exactly did what.
content	unknown	The content of the Token. You can add whatever you want here.	will be encrypted before sent to the Backbone
createdAt	string	A timestamp that describes when the Token was created
expiresAt	string	A timestamp that describes when the Token expires on the Backbone. An expired Token cannot be fetched from the Backbone anymore. However, the cached version of the Token on Connector and App will still be accesible.
secretKey	string	The key with which the Token was encrypted.	saved only locally
truncatedReference	string	A base64 encoded string containing all information necessary for another Identity to load the Token. You can use it to share the Token with someone else.	saved only locally
isEphemeral	boolean	If set to true the Token will not be cached in the database and only displayed once. You will not be able to fetch this Token unless you remember its id and secretKey.

RelationshipTemplate

A RelationshipTemplate serves two purposes:

1. It represents the permission to establish a Relationship. When sending a Relationship request, the sender has to attach the ID of a valid RelationshipTemplate created by the recipient. Otherwise the Backbone blocks the Relationship request. And since the IDs are randomly generated, you can only obtain such an ID from the recipient.
2. It can contain data which is of interest for the one who uses the RelationshipTemplate. The enmeshed App for example expects a RelationshipTemplate content which contains a Request which contains e.g. Attributes about the creator of the Template as well as queries for Attributes that the Template creator wants to receive together with the Relationship request.

Name	Type	Description	Remarks
id	string	Unique identifier of this object. Remark: the ID of each RelationshipTemplate starts with the letters “RLT”. This way you can tell apart a RelationshipTemplate ID from any other ID just by looking at the prefix.
isOwn	boolean	true if the RelationshipTemplate was created by yourself, false if it was created by someone else.	saved only locally
createdBy	string	The Address of the Identity that created the RelationshipTemplate.
createdByDevice	string	The ID of the Device that created the RelationshipTemplate. You can use this information to track back who exactly did what.
createdAt	string	A timestamp that describes when the RelationshipTemplate was created
content	RelationshipTemplateContent | unknown	The content of the RelationshipTemplate. You can add whatever you want here. However, if it is intended for a User of the enmeshed App, RelationshipTemplateContent has to be used. Otherwise feel free to insert whatever you want or need.
expiresAt	string	A timestamp that describes when the RelationshipTemplate expires on the Backbone. An expired RelationshipTemplate cannot be fetched from the Backbone anymore. However, the cached version of the RelationshipTemplate on Connector and App will still be accesible.	will be encrypted before sent to the Backbone
maxNumberOfAllocations	number | undefined	Can be set to limit the number of allocations of this template. A RelationshipTemplate is allocated by another Identity when it is first retrieved by it from the Backbone. After this value is reached, the Backbone rejects each request of any new Identity that wants to retrieve it. Identities that already allocated it will still be able to retrieve it.
secretKey	string	The key with which the RelationshipTemplate was encrypted.	saved only locally
truncatedReference	string	A base64 encoded string containing all information necessary for another Identity to load the RelationshipTemplate. You can use it to share the RelationshipTemplate with someone else.	saved only locally

Relationship

A Relationship between two Identities is the prerequisite for them to exchange Messages. If there is no Relationship, the Backbone blocks all Messages that are tried to be sent. This ensures that you only receive Messages from Identities you know, so you are protected from any harmful Messages like spam or phishing mails.

Name	Type	Description	Remarks
id	string	Unique identifier of this object. Remark: the ID of each Relationship starts with the letters “REL”. This way you can tell apart a Relationship ID from any other ID just by looking at the prefix.
template	RelationshipTemplate	The RelationshipTemplate that was used to establish this Relationship.
status	"Pending" | "Active" | "Rejected" | "Revoked"	The status of this Relationship. Pending: the Relationship was created, but not yet accepted the recipient. In this state you cannot send Messages yet. Active: this means that the Relationship is active. As long as it is active, both participants can exchange Messages. Rejected: the Relationship was rejected by the recipient. Revoked: the Relationship was revoked by the sender.
changes	RelationshipChange[]	The history of changes made to this Relationship. You can find the definition of a RelationshipChange below.
peer	string	The Address of the Identity with which you have this Relationship.	saved only locally

RelationshipChange

Since a Relationship “belongs” to two Identities, each change on such a Relationship demands for the agreement of both parties. That’s where RelationshipChanges come into play. Whenever one party wants to make a change to the Relationship (like create or terminate it), it sends a RelationshipChange to the other party, which has to accept it in order for the change to take effect. If the other party doesn’t want to accept it, it can also reject it. And if the party that created the RelationshipChange changes its mind, it can revoke the RelationshipChange. The Backbone makes sure that a RelationshipChange can only be completed in one of those three ways (accepted, rejected, revoked). So for example if you try to accept a RelationshipChange that is already revoked, you will receive an error.

Name	Type	Description	Remarks
id	string	Unique identifier of this object. Remark: the ID of each RelationshipChange starts with the letters “RCH”. This way you can tell apart a RelationshipChange ID from any other ID just by looking at the prefix.
status	"Pending" |"Accepted" |"Rejected" |"Revoked"	The current status of the RelationshipChange.
type	"Creation"	The type of the RelationshipChange. Currently the only existing type is Creation. As soon as the termination of Relationships is supported, Termination will be a second RelationshipChange type.
request	RelationshipChangeRequest	Information about the request of the RelationshipChange.
response	RelationshipChangeResponse | undefined	Information about the response of the RelationshipChange.

Note that RelationshipChangeRequest and RelationshipChangeResponse have nothing to do with Requests and Responses, which we will discuss later.

RelationshipChangeRequest

Name	Type	Description	Remarks
createdBy	string	The Address of the Identity that created the RelationshipChangeRequest.
createdByDevice	string	The ID of the Device that created the RelationshipChangeRequest. You can use this information to track back who exactly did what.
createdAt	string	A timestamp that describes when the RelationshipChangeRequest was created
content	RelationshipCreationChangeRequestContent | unknown	The content of the RelationshipChangeRequest. You can add whatever you want here. However, if the other party uses the enmeshed App, and the type of the RelationshipChange is Creation, RelationshipCreationChangeRequestContent has to be used. Otherwise feel free to insert whatever you want or need.	will be encrypted before sent to the Backbone

RelationshipChangeResponse

Name	Type	Description	Remarks
createdBy	string	The Address of the Identity that created the RelationshipChangeResponse.
createdByDevice	string	The ID of the Device that created the RelationshipChangeResponse. You can use this information to track back who exactly did what.
createdAt	string	A timestamp that describes when the RelationshipChangeResponse was created
content	unknown	The content of the RelationshipChangeResponse. You can add whatever you want here. Since the enmeshed App doesn’t expect any special content here, there is no need to watch out.	will be encrypted before sent to the Backbone

Message

A Message is a piece of data that can be sent to one or more recipients. The sender is completely free in what the content of the Message looks like. Though in order to enable a normalized communication, enmeshed defines some content structures for Messages, and in the future there will be more of those. Consider that the enmeshed App only supports Messages with such a normalized content. Currently there are:

• Mail
• Request
• ResponseWrapper
• Notification

You can read more details about each of these in the corresponding sections of the “Content Types” chapter.

But if you are communicating with another Connector, feel free to settle on any content structure that fits your needs.

Name	Type	Description	Remarks
id	string	Unique identifier of this object. Remark: the ID of each Message starts with the letters “MSG”. This way you can tell apart a Message ID from any other ID just by looking at the prefix.
content	unknown	The content of the Message. You can add whatever you want here. However, if it is intended for a User of the enmeshed App, use either Mail, Request, Response or Notification. Otherwise feel free to insert whatever you want or need.	will be encrypted before sent to the Backbone
createdBy	string	The Address of the Identity that created the Message.
createdByDevice	string	The ID of the Device that created the Message. You can use this information to track back who exactly did what.
recipients	Recipient[]	An array of recipients of this Message.
createdAt	string	A timestamp that describes when the Message was created
attachments	string[]	An array of File IDs you want to attach to your Message. You receive the File ID after you uploaded a file to the Backbone. By attaching a File to a Message, you share the secret key used to encrypt/decrypt the File, which cannot be undone.
isOwn	boolean	Indicates whether you are the sender (true) or recipient (false) of the Message.
wasReadAt	string | undefined	A timestamp indicating when the Message was firstly read. If a Message is marked as unread, this will be undefined. If a Message is read again, after having marked it as unread, the timestamp is updated. However, if a Message marked as read is read again, it won’t be updated.

Recipient

Name	Type	Description	Remarks
address	string	The Address of the recipient of the Message.
relationshipId	string	The ID of the Relationship between the recipient and the sender of the Message.	saved only locally
receivedAt	string | undefined	A timestamp that describes when the recipient retrieved the Message from the Backbone. undefined when the Message wasn’t received yet. Caution: “received” does not mean that it was read, so don’t mix this up with a read receipt.
receivedByDevice	string | undefined	The ID of the Device that first retrieved the Message. undefined when the Message wasn’t received yet. This is of no interest for the sender of the Message, but rather for the recipient itself, since they can use it for audit purposes. sender

File

The Backbone allows you to upload files, which are saved as - you guessed it - Files.

Name	Type	Description	Remarks
id	string	Unique identifier of this object. Remark: the ID of each File starts with the letters “FIL”. This way you can tell apart a File ID from any other ID just by looking at the prefix.
createdAt	string	A timestamp that describes when the File was created
createdBy	string	The Address of the Identity that created the File.
createdByDevice	string	The ID of the Device that created the File. You can use this information to track back who exactly did what.
expiresAt	string	A timestamp that describes when the File expires on the Backbone. An expired File cannot be fetched from the Backbone anymore. However, the cached version of the File on Connector and App will still be accesible.
filename	string	The name of the file as it was on the device that uploaded it.	will be encrypted before sent to the Backbone
filesize	number	The size of the plaintext file in bytes.	will be encrypted before sent to the Backbone
mimetype	string	The mimetype of the file.	will be encrypted before sent to the Backbone
title	string	A human readable title of the file, which can be defined when uploading the File.	will be encrypted before sent to the Backbone
description	string | undefined	A human readable description of the file, which can be defined when uploading the File.	will be encrypted before sent to the Backbone
secretKey	string	The key that was used to encrypt the File.	saved only locally
isOwn	boolean	true if the File was created by yourself, false if it was created by someone else.	saved only locally
truncatedReference	string	A base64 encoded string containing all information necessary for another Identity to load the File. You can use it to share the File with someone else.	saved only locally

A File further has its content, of course. But since this is not a JSON property, it is not included in this table. You can download the content of the File separately.

Local Types

In addition to the types that are shared between Identities via the Backbone, there are certain types that only exist within one Identity. These types usually contain metadata about Content types that should not be transferred to other Identities. They are created and updated by the Consumption Layer.

Currently there are three main Local types:

• LocalRequest
• LocalNotification
• LocalAttribute

Each of them further describes some sub types.

This chapter explains all of those types, together with their properties.

LocalRequest

A LocalRequest contains the local metadata for a Request.

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Unique identifier of this object. Remark: the ID of each LocalRequest starts with the letters “REQ”. This way you can tell apart a LocalRequest ID from any other ID just by looking at the prefix.
isOwn	boolean	true if you sent the Request, false if you received it.
peer	string	The Identity that sent you the corresponding Request/that you sent the Request to.
createdAt	string	A timestamp that describes when the LocalRequest was created
status	LocalRequestStatus	The current status of the Request. See below for a list of all possible values.
content	Request	The actual Content object this LocalRequest defines the metadata for.
source	LocalRequestSource | undefined	Information about the Transport object with which the Request came in/was sent. This property is undefined if the Request is not sent yet.
response	LocalResponse | undefined	Metadata + Content object of the response. If there is no response yet, this property is undefined.

LocalRequestStatus

Depending on whether it is an incoming or an outgoing Request, there can be different statuses. The following state diagram shows which status exists in both cases and when there are transitions from one state to another:

Draft

This status only exists for outgoing Requests. It means that the LocalRequest was created, but not yet sent.

Open

In case of an outgoing Request, Open means that the Request was sent. The transition to Open happens automatically when you send the Request with a Message.

In case of an incoming Request, Open means that the LocalRequest was received.

DecisionRequired

After the prerequisites of the Request and all of its RequestItems were checked, a decision can be made. At first, the Decider Module tries to make an automatic decision. It therefore checks all LocalRequests in status DecisionRequired.

ManualDecisionRequired

If the Decider Module cannot make a decision, it moves the LocalRequest to ManualDecisionRequired. When the LocalRequest is in this status, it’s the User’s turn to decide whether they want to accept or reject the Request.

Decided

When the User or the Decider Module accepts or rejects the Request, the Response and ResponseItems are generated based on the passed parameters. This Response is saved in the response property of the LocalRequest, but not yet sent.

Completed

In case of an incoming Request, the Runtime Module listens to an Event saying that a Request moved to status Decided. It then checks on which way the Request was received (Message/RelationshipTemplate) and sends the Response on the corresponding way (by sending a message or creating a Relationship). After the Response was successfully sent, it moves the LocalRequest to Completed.

In case of an outgoing Request, the Runtime Module listens to the MessageReceivedEvent and checks the content of the sent Message for a Response. If there is one, it moves the corresponding LocalRequest to Completed.

Expired

When the timestamp in expiresAt of a Request is reached, the Request automatically moves to the status Expired.

LocalRequestSource

With the information in this type you can clearly identify the Transport object the Request was sent/received in. Currently there are only two possibilities: Message and RelationshipTemplate.

Name	Type	Description
type	"Message" | "RelationshipTemplate"	The type of Transport object the Request was sent/received in.
reference	string	The ID of the Transport object the Request was sent/received in.

LocalResponse

When a LocalRequest is decided/received, a Local Response is generated, which contains the Response, together with some metadata.

Name	Type	Description
createdAt	string	A timestamp that describes when the LocalResponse was created
content	Response	The actual Content object this Local Response defines the metadata for.
source	LocalResponseSource | undefined	Information about the Transport object with which the Response came in/was sent. This property is undefined if the Response is not sent/received yet.

LocalResponseSource

With the information in this type you can clearly identify the Transport object the Response was sent/received in. Currently there are only two possibilities: Message and RelationshipChange.

Name	Type	Description
type	"Message" | "RelationshipChange"	The type of Transport object the Response was sent/received in.
reference	string	The ID of the Transport object the Response was sent/received in.

LocalNotification

A LocalNotification contains the local metadata for a Notification.

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Unique identifier of this object. Remark: the ID of each LocalNotification starts with the letters “NOT”. This way you can tell apart a LocalNotification ID from any other ID just by looking at the prefix.
isOwn	boolean	true if you sent the Notification, false if you received it.
peer	string	The Identity that sent you the corresponding Notification/that you sent the Notification to.
createdAt	string	A timestamp that describes when the LocalNotification was created
status	LocalNotificationStatus	The current status of the Notification. See below for a list of all possible values.
content	Notification	The actual Content object this LocalNotification defines the metadata for.
source	LocalNotificationSource	Information about the Transport object with which the Notification came in/was sent.
receivedByDevice	string | undefined	The ID of the device that received the Notification. For reasons of consistence, the Notification can only be processed by this device.

LocalNotificationStatus

Depending on whether it is an incoming or an outgoing Notification, there can be different statuses.

Sent

This is the only valid status on sender side. If a Notification is sent and, therefore, a LocalNotification is created, its status will be set to Sent.

Open

Receiving a Notification, a LocalNotification is created with status Open.

Completed

After receiving a Notification, its items will be processed internally. If all processes finish successfully, the status of the LocalNotification will be set to Completed.

Error

If an error occurs while processing the items of a received Notification, the status of the LocalNotification will be set to Error.

LocalNotificationSource

With the information in this type you can clearly identify the Transport object the Notification was sent/received in. Currently, the only possibility for transmitting Notifications are Messages.

Name	Type	Description
type	“Message”	The type of Transport object the Notification was sent/received in. So far, Notifications can only be transmitted via Messages.
reference	string	The id of the Transport object the Notification was sent/received in.

LocalAttribute

A LocalAttribute contains the local metadata for an Attribute. In the context of IdentityAttributes, there are three situations a LocalAttribute is created in the database:

• The Identity maintains an Attribute about itself (e.g. sets its first name). We call such an unshared LocalAttribute “RepositoryAttribute”. Its shareInfo property is undefined.
• The Identity shares an Attribute of itself with another Identity (e.g. sends it in a Request). In that case, a copy of the original LocalAttribute is created, where the shareInfo property is set. We call this LocalAttribute an “own shared IdentityAttribute”.
• The Identity receives an Attribute from another Identity (e.g. receives it in a Request). In that case a new LocalAttribute is created, where the shareInfo is set. We call this LocalAttribute a “peer shared IdentityAttribute”.

In contrast, RelationshipAttributes always exist in the context of a Relationship. Thus, it is not possible for an Identity to have an unshared RelationshipAttribute.

• We refer to the LocalAttribute of the owner as “own shared RelationshipAttribute”.
• The peer’s LocalAttribute we referred to as “peer shared RelationshipAttribute”.

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Unique identifier of this object. Remark: the ID of each LocalAttribute starts with the letters “ATT”. This way you can tell apart a LocalAttribute ID from any other ID just by looking at the prefix.
parentId	string | undefined	If the Attribute referenced by this LocalAttribute is a component of a composite Attribute, the parentId property is set to the id of the composite Attribute. Example: if a LocalAttribute is created with the content StreetAddress, for each property of the StreetAddress an additional LocalAttribute is created. And each of these will have parentId set to the id of the LocalAttribute for the StreetAddress.
createdAt	string	A timestamp that describes when the LocalAttribute was created
content	IdentityAttribute | RelationshipAttribute	The actual Content object this LocalAttribute defines the metadata for.
succeeds	string | undefined	The ID of the LocalAttribute that succeeds the current one.
succeededBy	string | undefined	The ID of the LocalAttribute that is succeeded by the current one.
shareInfo	LocalAttributeShareInfo | undefined	Information about the peer this LocalAttribute was received from/shared with, as well as via which LocalRequest it was received/sent. If the LocalAttribute refers to a RepositoryAttribute, this property is undefined.
deletionInfo	LocalAttributeDeletionInfo | undefined	Information about whether the counterpart of a shared Attribute is to be deleted or was deleted by the peer of the Relationship, as well as the point in time of that deletion.

LocalAttributeShareInfo

The LocalAttributeShareInfo helps to keep track of how the LocalAttribute was received/sent, from whom it was received/who sent it, as well as which LocalAttribute it was copied from. For example, this enables us to track back who we shared a certain IdentityAttribute with, so we are able to notify each of those peers when changing it. The Attribute can be either transmitted via Request or Notification. Hence, only one of requestReference and notificationReference can be set.

Name	Type	Description
peer	string	The Address of the Identity the LocalAttribute was received from/shared with.
requestReference	string | undefined	The id of the LocalRequest the LocalAttribute was received in/sent with. If this is set, notificationReference must be undefined.
notificationReference	string | undefined	The id of the LocalNotification the LocalAttribute was received in/sent with. If this is set, requestReference must be undefined.
sourceAttribute	string | undefined	If the LocalAttribute is an own shared IdentityAttribute, then this property contains the id of the RepositoryAttribute it was copied from. Also, if a RelationshipAttribute is shared with a third party, i.e. in the context of a Relationship that is different to the one the RelationshipAttribute was initially created in, this ThirdPartyRelationshipAttribute will link to the source RelationshipAttribute. Note that sourceAttribute is only defined for the peer who also has the Attribute this property links to. Regarding IdentityAttributes this is the owner. For ThirdPartyRelationshipAttributes it is the peer who is in the Relationship the source RelationshipAttribute is copied from.

LocalAttributeDeletionInfo

The LocalAttributeDeletionInfo holds information about the deletion status of the counterpart of a shared Attribute, as well as the point in time of that deletion. If the Attribute’s owner requested the deletion of a shared Attribute via a DeleteAttributeRequestItem from the peer and they accepted using the AcceptDeleteAttributeRequestItemParameters, the deletionStatus of the peer shared Attribute of the peer will be set to "ToBeDeleted" and its deletionDate will be set to the deletionDate the peer sent in their Response. Accordingly, the deletionStatus of the own shared Attribute of the owner will move to "ToBeDeletedByPeer" with the same deletionDate. Once the peer shared Attribute is deleted by the peer, a PeerSharedAttributeDeletedByPeerNotificationItem is sent to the owner, where the deletionStatus of the own shared Attribute is set to "DeletedByPeer" with the current time stamp as deletionDate. Likewise, if the owner deletes their own shared Attribute, before the peer deleted their corresponding peer shared Attribute, an OwnSharedAttributeDeletedByOwnerNotificationItem is sent to the peer. If the deletionInfo of the peer was undefined before, the deletionStatus will be set to "DeletedByOwner" with the current time stamp as deletionDate. However, if the deletionInfo was defined before with "ToBeDeleted" as deletionStatus, it will remain unchanged, such that the peer will be able to delete their peer shared Attribute as planned. This will be the case, if the peer already accepted the DeleteAttributeRequestItem for this particular Attribute.

Name	Type	Description
deletionStatus	"ToBeDeleted" | "ToBeDeletedByPeer" | "DeletedByOwner" | "DeletedByPeer"	The deletion status of the peer’s counterpart of the shared Attribute. For own shared Attributes it may only be set to "ToBeDeletedByPeer" or "DeletedByPeer", whereas for peer shared Attributes only the values "ToBeDeleted" and "DeletedByOwner" are allowed.
deletionDate	string	The point in time an upcoming deletion is planned (for the deletionStatus "ToBeDeleted" or "ToBeDeletedByPeer") or a completed deletion has been notified (for "DeletedByOwner" or "DeletedByPeer").

LocalAttributeListener

A LocalAttributeListener is created when you accept an incoming Request with a RegisterAttributeListenerRequestItem. It is used to keep track of which Attribute Listeners currently exist and what they are listening for.

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Unique identifier of this object. Remark: the ID of each LocalAttributeListener starts with the letters “ATL”. This way you can tell apart a LocalAttributeListener ID from any other ID just by looking at the prefix.
query	IdentityAttributeQuery | ThirdPartyRelationshipAttributeQuery	The query the Attribute that is listened to must match. Note that you cannot send a RelationshipAttributeQuery here, because it doesn’t make sense: by definition, both parties know about a RelationshipAttribute right from the beginning, because one party requests its creation, and the other one accepts it.
peer	string	The Address of the peer that requested the Attribute Listener.

Content Types

Content Types can be seen as a data contract between Identities. The medium through which this data is exchanged are the Transport types (e.g. Messages, Tokens, …). This chapter shows all the Content types and describes their intended usage.

Request

A Request allows you to ask another Identity to do something. What this “something” is depends on which of the so called RequestItems were added to the Request (e.g. CreateAttributeRequestItem, ReadAttributeRequestItem, …). The Request is then sent to the peer via Message or RelationshipTemplate. The peer can then review the Request and decide whether they want to accept or reject it. And if they accept it, they can even choose which of the Items they want to accept. You can also put multiple Items into a group in order to ensure that they can only be accepted/rejected as a unit.

Name	Type	Description
@type	“Request”
id	string | undefined	Unique identifier of this object. This property is undefined if the Request is inside of a RelationshipTemplate. Remark: the ID of each Request starts with the letters “REQ”. This way you can tell apart a Request ID from any other ID just by looking at the prefix.
title	string | undefined	An optional, human readable title for the Request.
description	string | undefined	An optional, human readable description for the Request.
expiresAt	string | undefined	A timestamp that describes when the Request expires on the Backbone. An expired Request cannot be fetched from the Backbone anymore. However, the cached version of the Request on Connector and App will still be accesible.
items	(RequestItemGroup | \*RequestItem)[]	An array of RequestItems and Groups that are part of the Request. There must be at least one Item or Group per Request.
metadata	string | undefined	Optional custom metadata that can be sent together with the Request. This property is meant purely for developers who integrate with enmeshed. They can write for example some kind of key into this property, which can be used later to identify the content of this Request.

RequestItems

RequestItems can be sent inside of a Request and specify what should be done when the Request is accepted.

AuthenticationRequestItem

Name	Type	Description
@type	"AuthenticationRequestItem"	Specifies the type of the RequestItem for internal processing.
title	string | undefined	An optional, human readable title for the RequestItem.
description	string | undefined	An optional, human readable description for the RequestItem.
metadata	object | undefined	The metadata property can be used to provide arbitrary JSON content by the sender of the request. The metadata is not processed by enmeshed. It is a great way to use your own process descriptors at the time of sending the request which helps you identify the correct internal process at the time of receiving the response.
mustBeAccepted	boolean	The mandatory mustBeAccepted property is used to differentiate between required and optional RequestItems within the Request. In other words, if the peer Identity may or may not decide to ignore this specific RequestItem. If set to true, the peer cannot accept the Request without accepting this item. For example, some Attributes are mandatory for the business process and thus the respective RequestItems must be accepted (mustBeAccepted = true). A consent to a newsletter is optional and thus only can be accepted (mustBeAccepted = false). Keep in mind that if the RequestItem is inside of a RequestItem Group, then this flag takes effect only when the Group is accepted. So as long as the Group is not accepted, the Item does not have to be accepted either.
requireManualDecision	boolean | undefined	To block the automated acceptance of Requests, the requireManualDecision property can be set to true. The default is, that each RequestItem may be automatically processed on the peer side. If the sender would like to have an enforced manual acceptance step the requireManualDecision property can be set to true.

ConsentRequestItem

Name	Type	Description
@type	"ConsentRequestItem"	Specifies the type of the RequestItem for internal processing.
consent	string	The textual consent the user needs to give. This is different to the title and description of the RequestItem, as the consent would be the actual statement the user agrees to.
link	string | undefined	A valid URL linking to a website which contains more information, like the EULA or privacy terms.
title	string | undefined	An optional, human readable title for the RequestItem.
description	string | undefined	An optional, human readable description for the RequestItem.
metadata	object | undefined	The metadata property can be used to provide arbitrary JSON content by the sender of the request. The metadata is not processed by enmeshed. It is a great way to use your own process descriptors at the time of sending the request which helps you identify the correct internal process at the time of receiving the response.
mustBeAccepted	boolean	The mandatory mustBeAccepted property is used to differentiate between required and optional RequestItems within the Request. In other words, if the peer Identity may or may not decide to ignore this specific RequestItem. If set to true, the peer cannot accept the Request without accepting this item. For example, some Attributes are mandatory for the business process and thus the respective RequestItems must be accepted (mustBeAccepted = true). A consent to a newsletter is optional and thus only can be accepted (mustBeAccepted = false). Keep in mind that if the RequestItem is inside of a RequestItem Group, then this flag takes effect only when the Group is accepted. So as long as the Group is not accepted, the Item does not have to be accepted either.
requireManualDecision	boolean | undefined	To block the automated acceptance of Requests, the requireManualDecision property can be set to true. The default is, that each RequestItem may be automatically processed on the peer side. If the sender would like to have an enforced manual acceptance step the requireManualDecision property can be set to true.

CreateAttributeRequestItem

Name	Type	Description
@type	"CreateAttributeRequestItem"	Specifies the type of the RequestItem for internal processing.
attribute	IdentityAttribute | RelationshipAttribute	The IdentityAttribute or RelationshipAttribute to create for the peer within the Identity of the peer.
title	string | undefined	An optional, human readable title for the RequestItem.
description	string | undefined	An optional, human readable description for the RequestItem.
metadata	object | undefined	The metadata property can be used to provide arbitrary JSON content by the sender of the request. The metadata is not processed by enmeshed. It is a great way to use your own process descriptors at the time of sending the request which helps you identify the correct internal process at the time of receiving the response.
mustBeAccepted	boolean	The mandatory mustBeAccepted property is used to differentiate between required and optional RequestItems within the Request. In other words, if the peer Identity may or may not decide to ignore this specific RequestItem. If set to true, the peer cannot accept the Request without accepting this item. For example, some Attributes are mandatory for the business process and thus the respective RequestItems must be accepted (mustBeAccepted = true). A consent to a newsletter is optional and thus only can be accepted (mustBeAccepted = false). Keep in mind that if the RequestItem is inside of a RequestItem Group, then this flag takes effect only when the Group is accepted. So as long as the Group is not accepted, the Item does not have to be accepted either.
requireManualDecision	boolean | undefined	To block the automated acceptance of Requests, the requireManualDecision property can be set to true. The default is, that each RequestItem may be automatically processed on the peer side. If the sender would like to have an enforced manual acceptance step the requireManualDecision property can be set to true.

DeleteAttributeRequestItem

Name	Type	Description
@type	"DeleteAttributeRequestItem"	Specifies the type of the RequestItem for internal processing.
attributeId	string	The id of the own shared Attribute you wish for the peer to delete. This will match the id of the corresponding peer shared Attribute at the peer’s side.
title	string | undefined	An optional, human readable title for the RequestItem.
description	string | undefined	An optional, human readable description for the RequestItem.
metadata	object | undefined	The metadata property can be used to provide arbitrary JSON content by the sender of the request. The metadata is not processed by enmeshed. It is a great way to use your own process descriptors at the time of sending the request which helps you identify the correct internal process at the time of receiving the response.
mustBeAccepted	boolean	The mandatory mustBeAccepted property is used to differentiate between required and optional RequestItems within the Request. In other words, if the peer Identity may or may not decide to ignore this specific RequestItem. If set to true, the peer cannot accept the Request without accepting this item. For example, some Attributes are mandatory for the business process and thus the respective RequestItems must be accepted (mustBeAccepted = true). A consent to a newsletter is optional and thus only can be accepted (mustBeAccepted = false). Keep in mind that if the RequestItem is inside of a RequestItem Group, then this flag takes effect only when the Group is accepted. So as long as the Group is not accepted, the Item does not have to be accepted either.
requireManualDecision	boolean | undefined	To block the automated acceptance of Requests, the requireManualDecision property can be set to true. The default is, that each RequestItem may be automatically processed on the peer side. If the sender would like to have an enforced manual acceptance step the requireManualDecision property can be set to true.

FreeTextRequestItem

Name	Type	Description
@type	"FreeTextRequestItem"	Specifies the type of the RequestItem for internal processing.
freeText	string	The free text you want to send to the peer.
title	string | undefined	An optional, human readable title for the RequestItem.
description	string | undefined	An optional, human readable description for the RequestItem.
metadata	object | undefined	The metadata property can be used to provide arbitrary JSON content by the sender of the request. The metadata is not processed by enmeshed. It is a great way to use your own process descriptors at the time of sending the request which helps you identify the correct internal process at the time of receiving the response.
mustBeAccepted	boolean	The mandatory mustBeAccepted property is used to differentiate between required and optional RequestItems within the Request. In other words, if the peer Identity may or may not decide to ignore this specific RequestItem. If set to true, the peer cannot accept the Request without accepting this item. For example, some Attributes are mandatory for the business process and thus the respective RequestItems must be accepted (mustBeAccepted = true). A consent to a newsletter is optional and thus only can be accepted (mustBeAccepted = false). Keep in mind that if the RequestItem is inside of a RequestItem Group, then this flag takes effect only when the Group is accepted. So as long as the Group is not accepted, the Item does not have to be accepted either.
requireManualDecision	boolean | undefined	To block the automated acceptance of Requests, the requireManualDecision property can be set to true. The default is, that each RequestItem may be automatically processed on the peer side. If the sender would like to have an enforced manual acceptance step the requireManualDecision property can be set to true.

ProposeAttributeRequestItem

Name	Type	Description
@type	"ProposeAttributeRequestItem"	Specifies the type of the RequestItem for internal processing.
attribute	IdentityAttribute | RelationshipAttribute	The IdentityAttribute or RelationshipAttribute to propose for the peer as the queried Attribute.
query	IdentityAttributeQuery | RelationshipAttributeQuery | IQLQuery	The structured query of the Attribute the sender would like to receive.
title	string | undefined	An optional, human readable title for the RequestItem.
description	string | undefined	An optional, human readable description for the RequestItem.
metadata	object | undefined	The metadata property can be used to provide arbitrary JSON content by the sender of the request. The metadata is not processed by enmeshed. It is a great way to use your own process descriptors at the time of sending the request which helps you identify the correct internal process at the time of receiving the response.
mustBeAccepted	boolean	The mandatory mustBeAccepted property is used to differentiate between required and optional RequestItems within the Request. In other words, if the peer Identity may or may not decide to ignore this specific RequestItem. If set to true, the peer cannot accept the Request without accepting this item. For example, some Attributes are mandatory for the business process and thus the respective RequestItems must be accepted (mustBeAccepted = true). A consent to a newsletter is optional and thus only can be accepted (mustBeAccepted = false). Keep in mind that if the RequestItem is inside of a RequestItem Group, then this flag takes effect only when the Group is accepted. So as long as the Group is not accepted, the Item does not have to be accepted either.
requireManualDecision	boolean | undefined	To block the automated acceptance of Requests, the requireManualDecision property can be set to true. The default is, that each RequestItem may be automatically processed on the peer side. If the sender would like to have an enforced manual acceptance step the requireManualDecision property can be set to true.

ReadAttributeRequestItem

Name	Type	Description
@type	"ReadAttributeRequestItem"	Specifies the type of the RequestItem for internal processing.
query	IdentityAttributeQuery | RelationshipAttributeQuery | ThirdPartyRelationshipAttributeQuery | IQLQuery	The structured query of the Attribute the sender would like to receive.
title	string | undefined	An optional, human readable title for the RequestItem.
description	string | undefined	An optional, human readable description for the RequestItem.
metadata	object | undefined	The metadata property can be used to provide arbitrary JSON content by the sender of the request. The metadata is not processed by enmeshed. It is a great way to use your own process descriptors at the time of sending the request which helps you identify the correct internal process at the time of receiving the response.
mustBeAccepted	boolean	The mandatory mustBeAccepted property is used to differentiate between required and optional RequestItems within the Request. In other words, if the peer Identity may or may not decide to ignore this specific RequestItem. If set to true, the peer cannot accept the Request without accepting this item. For example, some Attributes are mandatory for the business process and thus the respective RequestItems must be accepted (mustBeAccepted = true). A consent to a newsletter is optional and thus only can be accepted (mustBeAccepted = false). Keep in mind that if the RequestItem is inside of a RequestItem Group, then this flag takes effect only when the Group is accepted. So as long as the Group is not accepted, the Item does not have to be accepted either.
requireManualDecision	boolean | undefined	To block the automated acceptance of Requests, the requireManualDecision property can be set to true. The default is, that each RequestItem may be automatically processed on the peer side. If the sender would like to have an enforced manual acceptance step the requireManualDecision property can be set to true.

RegisterAttributeListenerRequestItem

Name	Type	Description
@type	"RegisterAttributeListenerRequestItem"	Specifies the type of the RequestItem for internal processing.
query	IdentityAttributeQuery | ThirdPartyRelationshipAttributeQuery	The structured query of the Attribute the sender would like to query.
title	string | undefined	An optional, human readable title for the RequestItem.
description	string | undefined	An optional, human readable description for the RequestItem.
metadata	object | undefined	The metadata property can be used to provide arbitrary JSON content by the sender of the request. The metadata is not processed by enmeshed. It is a great way to use your own process descriptors at the time of sending the request which helps you identify the correct internal process at the time of receiving the response.
mustBeAccepted	boolean	The mandatory mustBeAccepted property is used to differentiate between required and optional RequestItems within the Request. In other words, if the peer Identity may or may not decide to ignore this specific RequestItem. If set to true, the peer cannot accept the Request without accepting this item. For example, some Attributes are mandatory for the business process and thus the respective RequestItems must be accepted (mustBeAccepted = true). A consent to a newsletter is optional and thus only can be accepted (mustBeAccepted = false). Keep in mind that if the RequestItem is inside of a RequestItem Group, then this flag takes effect only when the Group is accepted. So as long as the Group is not accepted, the Item does not have to be accepted either.
requireManualDecision	boolean | undefined	To block the automated acceptance of Requests, the requireManualDecision property can be set to true. The default is, that each RequestItem may be automatically processed on the peer side. If the sender would like to have an enforced manual acceptance step the requireManualDecision property can be set to true.

ShareAttributeRequestItem

Name	Type	Description
@type	"ShareAttributeRequestItem"	Specifies the type of the RequestItem for internal processing.
attribute	IdentityAttribute | RelationshipAttribute	The IdentityAttribute or RelationshipAttribute to share. This is not the LocalAttribute but the content data structure of the Attribute. The owner of the Attribute which should be shared can only be the sender Identity.
sourceAttributeId	string	The id of the LocalAttribute which is the source of the shared Attribute. This will be used later to reference the sourceAttribute from its shared copy.
title	string | undefined	An optional, human readable title for the RequestItem.
description	string | undefined	An optional, human readable description for the RequestItem.
metadata	object | undefined	The metadata property can be used to provide arbitrary JSON content by the sender of the request. The metadata is not processed by enmeshed. It is a great way to use your own process descriptors at the time of sending the request which helps you identify the correct internal process at the time of receiving the response.
mustBeAccepted	boolean	The mandatory mustBeAccepted property is used to differentiate between required and optional RequestItems within the Request. In other words, if the peer Identity may or may not decide to ignore this specific RequestItem. If set to true, the peer cannot accept the Request without accepting this item. For example, some Attributes are mandatory for the business process and thus the respective RequestItems must be accepted (mustBeAccepted = true). A consent to a newsletter is optional and thus only can be accepted (mustBeAccepted = false). Keep in mind that if the RequestItem is inside of a RequestItem Group, then this flag takes effect only when the Group is accepted. So as long as the Group is not accepted, the Item does not have to be accepted either.
requireManualDecision	boolean | undefined	To block the automated acceptance of Requests, the requireManualDecision property can be set to true. The default is, that each RequestItem may be automatically processed on the peer side. If the sender would like to have an enforced manual acceptance step the requireManualDecision property can be set to true.

RequestItemGroup

Name	Type	Description
@type	"RequestItemGroup"
title	string | undefined	An optional, human readable title for the RequestItem Group.
description	string | undefined	An optional, human readable description for the RequestItem.
metadata	object | undefined	Optional metadata that can be sent together with this RequestItem. The intended usage is the same as of the metadata property of the Request.
mustBeAccepted	boolean	If set to true, then this RequestItem Group has to be accepted when the Request is accepted.
items	*RequestItem[]	The items inside of this Group. There has to be at least one RequestItem per Group. Note that we do not support nested Groups at the moment. If you need this feature, you can raise a feature request.

Response

Name	Type	Description
@type	"Response"
result	"Accepted" | "Rejected"	Whether the Response was accepted or rejected by the recipient of the Request.
requestId	string	The id of the Request this Response belongs to. The Sender of the Request needs this information to map the Response to the corresponding Request.
items	(ResponseItemGroup\|ResponseItem)[]	An array of Response Items and Groups that are part of the Response. For each RequestItem (Group) of the Request, there must be one Response Item (Group) in the Response. Note that the indices have to be the same for matching Request and Response Items.

ResponseItems

Response Items are sent inside of a Response. They contain the response data that is sent by the recipient of the Request. There are three different kinds of Response Items: AcceptResponseItem, RejectResponseItem and ErrorResponseItem. Depending on the actual RequestItem, there can be different derivations of these three items. For example, in case of a CreateAttributeRequestItem, there is a special CreateAttributeAcceptResponseItem, while for an AuthenticationRequestItem, the AcceptResponseItem can be used, because there is no additional information necessary next to whether it was accepted or rejected.

AcceptResponseItem

Name	Type	Description
@type	"AcceptResponseItem"	The type of the ResponseItem.
result	"Accepted"	The only possible value here is the string "Accepted".

CreateAttributeAcceptResponseItem

Name	Type	Description
@type	"CreateAttributeAcceptResponseItem"	The type of the ResponseItem.
result	"Accepted"	The only possible value here is the string "Accepted".
attributeId	string	The id of the created LocalAttribute.

DeleteAttributeAcceptResponseItem

Name	Type	Description
@type	"DeleteAttributeAcceptResponseItem"	The type of the ResponseItem.
result	"Accepted"	The only possible value here is the string "Accepted".
deletionDate	string	The timestamp of when the peer will delete the Attribute.

FreeTextAcceptResponseItem

Name	Type	Description
@type	"FreeTextAcceptResponseItem"	The type of the ResponseItem.
result	"Accepted"	The only possible value here is the string "Accepted".
freeText	string	The free text that is used to answer the RequestItem.

ProposeAttributeAcceptResponseItem

Name	Type	Description
@type	"ProposeAttributeAcceptResponseItem"	The type of the ResponseItem.
result	"Accepted"	The only possible value here is the string "Accepted".
attributeId	string	The id of the created LocalAttribute.
attribute	IdentityAttribute | RelationshipAttribute	The IdentityAttribute or RelationshipAttribute to propose for the peer as the queried Attribute. The owner of the Attribute which is proposed can only be the recipient Identity.

ReadAttributeAcceptResponseItem

Name	Type	Description
@type	"ReadAttributeAcceptResponseItem"	The type of the ResponseItem.
result	"Accepted"	The only possible value here is the string "Accepted".
attributeId	string	The id of the returned LocalAttribute.
attribute	IdentityAttribute | RelationshipAttribute	The IdentityAttribute or RelationshipAttribute that will be shared to the peer.

RegisterAttributeListenerAcceptResponseItem

Name	Type	Description
@type	"RegisterAttributeListenerAcceptResponseItem"	The type of the ResponseItem.
result	"Accepted"	The only possible value here is the string "Accepted".
listenerId	string	The id of the created AttributeListener.

ShareAttributeAcceptResponseItem

Name	Type	Description
@type	"ShareAttributeAcceptResponseItem"	The type of the ResponseItem.
result	"Accepted"	The only possible value here is the string "Accepted".
attributeId	string	The id of the shared LocalAttribute.

RejectResponseItem

Name	Type	Description
@type	"RejectResponseItem"	The type of the ResponseItem.
result	"Rejected"	The only possible value here is the string "Rejected".
code	string | undefined	A code telling the sender about the reason for the rejection.
message	string | undefined	A human readable message with details about the rejection.

ErrorResponseItem

The ErrorResponseItem is only created by the enmeshed Runtime, in case something happens which hinders you from further processing of the RequestItem. It will never be created manually. The properties are:

Name	Type	Description
@type	"ErrorResponseItem"	The type of the ResponseItem.
result	"Error"	The only possible value here is the string "Error".
code	string	An error code telling the sender about the kind of error that occurred.
message	string	A human readable error message with details about the error.

ResponseItemGroup

Name	Type	Description
@type	"ResponseItemGroup"
items	ResponseItem[]	The items inside of this Group. For each RequestItem of the RequestItem Group, there must be one Response Item in the Response Item Group. Note that the indices have to be the same for matching Request and Response Items.

ResponseWrapper

The ResponseWrapper is a wrapper around the Response that is sent by the recipient of the Request. It contains the Response itself, but also some additional information that is required for the Request to be processed correctly.

Name	Type	Description
@type	"ResponseWrapper"
requestId	string	The id of the Request this Response belongs to.
requestSourceReference	string	The reference to the Message or RelationshipTemplate the Request was received with.
requestSourceType	"Message" | "RelationshipTemplate"	Specifies if the Request was transferred via Message or RelationshipTemplate.
response	Response	The Response that is sent by the recipient of the Request.

Notification

Notifications provide you with the possibility to notify a peer about something, e.g. the succession of one of your Attributes. However, unlike Requests they don’t offer the option to make a decision whether or not they want to accept this change. In the example of Attribute succession, the peer can not decide to accept or reject the updated value, but is simply informed about it.

Name	Type	Description
@type	"Notification"
id	string	Unique identifier of this object. Remark: the ID of each Notification starts with the letters “NOT”. This way you can tell apart a Notification ID from any other ID just by looking at the prefix.
items	NotificationItem[]	An array of NotificationItems that are part of the Notification. There must be at least one Item per Notification.

NotificationItems

NotificationItems are sent inside a Notification and specify which processes should be triggered when receiving the Notification.

OwnSharedAttributeDeletedByOwnerNotificationItem

If a peer has shared one of their Attributes with you and deletes their own shared Attribute, an OwnSharedAttributeDeletedByOwnerNotificationItem will be sent to you. Internally, for your corresponding peer shared Attribute the deletionInfo.deletionStatus will be set to "DeletedByOwner" if it wasn’t set to "ToBeDeleted before.

Name	Type	Description
@type	"OwnSharedAttributeDeletedByOwnerNotificationItem"
attributeId	string	The id of the own shared Attribute that was deleted by the owner. It matches the id of the corresponding peer shared Attributes of the recipient.

PeerSharedAttributeDeletedByPeerNotificationItem

If you have shared one of your Attributes with a peer and they delete their peer shared Attribute, a PeerSharedAttributeDeletedByPeerNotificationItem will be sent to you. Internally, for your corresponding own shared Attribute the deletionInfo.deletionStatus will be set to "DeletedByPeer" .

Name	Type	Description
@type	"PeerSharedAttributeDeletedByPeerNotificationItem"
attributeId	string	The id of the peer shared Attribute that was deleted by the peer. It matches the id of the corresponding own shared Attributes of the recipient.

PeerSharedAttributeSucceededNotificationItem

A PeerSharedAttributeSucceededNotificationItem will be sent, if an Attribute, a peer shared with you, was succeeded by them and they choose to notify you about it. Internally, the succeeded version will then be created at your side as successor for your previously received Attribute.

Name	Type	Description
@type	"PeerSharedAttributeSucceededNotificationItem"
predecessorId	string	The id of the LocalAttribute that was succeeded
successorId	string	The id of the LocalAttribute it was succeeded by
successorContent	IdentityAttribute | RelationshipAttribute	The updated content of the LocalAttribute

ThirdPartyOwnedRelationshipAttributeDeletedByPeerNotificationItem

If you have shared a RelationshipAttribute, that is not owned by you, with a peer from a different Relationship and that peer deletes their third party owned RelationshipAttribute, a ThirdPartyOwnedRelationshipAttributeDeletedByPeerNotificationItem will be sent to you. Internally, for your corresponding third party owned RelationshipAttribute the deletionInfo.deletionStatus will be set to "DeletedByPeer".

Name	Type	Description
@type	"ThirdPartyOwnedRelationshipAttributeDeletedByPeerNotificationItem"
attributeId	string	The id of the third party owned RelationshipAttribute that was deleted by the peer. The id of the third party owned RelationshipAttribute of the sender matches the one of the recipient.

Attributes

An Attribute is some piece of information about an Identity itself (e.g. its name, address, birth date, etc.) or about an Identity in the context of a Relationship (e.g. the customer id the of the user the Relationship). Since the two scenarios differ quite a lot, there are two different types for them: IdentityAttribute and RelationshipAttribute.

IdentityAttribute

IdentityAttributes describe an Identity itself. Their values are strongly normalized. There is a list of available values here.

Name	Type	Description
@type	"IdentityAttribute"
owner	string	The Identity that owns this Attribute. Only the owner of an Attribute is allowed to change it after its creation.
validFrom	string | undefined	The date from which on the Attribute is valid. Could be in the future if the Attribute is not yet valid.
validTo	string | undefined	The date until this Attribute is valid. Could be in the past if the Attribute is already expired.
value	IdentityAttributeValue	The Attribute’s value.
tags	string[] | undefined	To specify additional information.

RelationshipAttribute

RelationshipAttributes describe an Identity in the context of a Relationship. While there are some types that can be used as a value for a RelationshipAttribute, these types are rather generic (e.g. ProprietaryString, ProprietaryInteger, …).

Name	Type	Description
@type	"RelationshipAttribute"
owner	string	The Identity that owns this Attribute. Only the owner of an Attribute is allowed to change it after its creation.
validFrom	string | undefined	The date from which on the Attribute is valid. Could be in the future if the Attribute is not yet valid.
validTo	string | undefined	The date until this Attribute is valid. Could be in the past if the Attribute is already expired.
key	string	An arbitrary key that is set by the creator of this Attribute. It is used to identify the Attribute in a query, especially by a third party. Example: you could set something like customerId in case of a customer id.
isTechnical	boolean | undefined	Defines whether the RelationshipAttribute contains data that is actually relevant for the user (isTechnical=false) or whether it should be hidden in the UI (isTechnical=true).
value	RelationshipAttributeValue	The Attribute’s value.
confidentiality	"public" | "protected" | "private"	When this property is set to "private", it means that third parties are not able to query this RelationshipAttribute. It therefore only exists in the Relationship it was created in. If the confidentiality is "protected", third parties can query the RelationshipAttribute, but the App shows a warning saying that you should only share it with someone you trust. If the confidentiality is "public", everybody can query the Attribute, without anything special to happen.

AttributeQueries

One of the main features of enmeshed is sharing Attributes. For this, an Identity either proactively sends its Attributes to a peer. Or, if let’s say a company wants to know the birth date of its customer, it can ask for it. Depending on the exact use case, the latter can be achieved with one of a bunch of RequestItems, like for example a ReadAttributeRequestItem, or a CreateAttributeListenerRequestItem. All of them have in common that they define a query property, which contains either an IdentityAttributeQuery or a RelationshipAttributeQuery.

IdentityAttributeQuery

An IdentityAttributeQuery is used to query for IdentityAttributes. For that, it defines the following properties:

Name	Type	Description
@type	"IdentityAttributeQuery"
validFrom	string | undefined	The start date of the time frame the returned Attribute should be valid in.
validTo	string | undefined	The end date of the time frame the returned Attribute should be valid in.
valueType	string	The type of value that should be queried, e.g. "StreetAddress", "BirthDate" or "Nationality".
tags	string[] | undefined	To specify additional information.

You can only query IdentityAttributes owned by the recipient of the query.

RelationshipAttributeQuery

There are cases in which you want to query some data from your peer that is not an IdentityAttribute. An example for this is when an electricity provider asks for the electric meter number of a new customer. Since this information is only relevant in the context of the Relationship, an IdentityAttribute wouldn’t make any sense here. That’s why you would send a RelationshipAttributeQuery. Its properties are:

Name	Type	Description
@type	"RelationshipAttributeQuery"
validFrom	string | undefined	The start date of the time frame the returned Attribute should be valid in.
validTo	string | undefined	The end date of the time frame the returned Attribute should be valid in.
key	string	The key of the RelationshipAttribute that should be queried.
owner	string	The owner of the queried RelationshipAttribute.
attributeCreationHints	RelationshipAttributeCreationHints	Contains information about the value that will be created, like the value type or its confidentiality.

RelationshipAttributeCreationHints

Name	Type	Description
title	string	A short text describing the purpose of the Attribute that is about to be created.
description	string | undefined	A long text describing the purpose of the Attribute that is about to be created.
valueType	string	The value type of the Attribute to be created (e.g. "ProprietaryInteger", "ProprietaryString", …)
confidentiality	"public" |"protected" |"private"	The confidentiality of the Attribute to be created. See RelationshipAttribute for a more detailed description of confidentialities.
valueHints	ValueHints | undefined	Hints for validating the value, e.g. a regular expression or a min/max length.

ValueHints

Name	Type	Description
@type	"ValueHints"
editHelp	string | undefined	A help text you can use to describe the purpose of the Attribute.
min	number | undefined	In case of a string: the minimum length of the string. In case of an integer: the minimum value.
max	number | undefined	In case of a string: the maximum length of the string. In case of an integer: the maximum value.
pattern	string | undefined	A regular expression that is used to validate the value. Only applicable if the value is a string.
values	ValueHintsValue[] | undefined	An array of allowed values.
defaultValue	string | number | boolean | undefined	The default value that is used if no value is provided.
propertyHints	Record<string, ValueHints> | undefined	A set of Value Hints of all properties. The key is the name of the property and the value a ValueHints object. Only applicable if the value is complex.

ValueHintsOverride

ValueHintsOverride has the same properties as ValueHints, except that all of them are optional. This type is used for some RelationshipAttribute values

ValueHintsValue

Name	Type	Description
key	string | number | boolean	The actual value.
displayName	string	How the value should be displayed on the UI.

ThirdPartyRelationshipAttributeQuery

If you want to query Attributes the user has in the context of a Relationship with a third party, you can use the ThirdPartyRelationshipAttributeQuery. An example would be the query for the number of a bonus card managed by another company (like Payback). A ThirdPartyRelationshipAttributeQuery has the following properties:

Name	Type	Description
@type	"ThirdPartyRelationshipAttributeQuery"
validFrom	string | undefined	The start date of the time frame the returned Attribute should be valid in.
validTo	string | undefined	The end date of the time frame the returned Attribute should be valid in.
key	string	The key of the RelationshipAttribute that should be queried.
owner	string	The owner of the queried RelationshipAttribute. Can be an empty string (""), if the owner is unknown or you are querying from multiple thirdParties that could own the attribute.
thirdParty	string[]	The Address of the third parties the RelationshipAttribute should be queried from.

IQLQuery

If you want to query Attributes by their content, you can use the IQLQuery. It allows you to specify conditions the Attribute must match and which may be chained using binary operations. Every property of the Attribute’s content may be queried, independend of whether it is nested or not, by formulating it as a lowercase key. Furthermore, using an uppercase term is a shortcut for comparing the term to the value.@type property and using # refers to the tag property. For example, if you want to query a StreetAddress in Germany which is tagged as [Primary Address] the queryString would be StreetAddress && value.country.value == Germany && #"Primary Address". If no corresponding Attribute exists at the peer’s side, you are given the possibility to add attributeCreationHints, suggesting to create an Attribute which matches a specific valueType and optionally tags.

Name	Type	Description
@type	"IQLQuery"
queryString	string	The condition the attribute must fulfill. It is made up of terms of the form <key> <operator> <value>, which may be chained using binary operations. Uppercase expressions refer to the property value@type and # to tags.
attributeCreationHints	IQLQueryCreationHints | undefined	Suggestions for creating a new Attribute, if the query returns empty.

IQLQueryCreationHints

Name	Type	Description
valueType	AttributeValues.Identity.TypeName	The value.@type of the Attribute, which should be created.
tags	string[] | undefined	The tags for the Attribute, which should be created.

RelationshipTemplateContent

Theoretically you can send any kind of data in a RelationshipTemplate. However, if your peer uses the enmeshed App, it will only be able to process RelationshipTemplates that contain a RelationshipTemplateContent, which looks like this:

Name	Type	Description
@type	"RelationshipTemplateContent"
title	string | undefined	An optional, human readable title that should be rendered in the UI.
metadata	object | undefined	Optional custom metadata that can be sent together with the RelationshipTemplate. This property is meant purely for developers who integrate with enmeshed. They can write for example some kind of key into this property, which can be used later to identify the content of this Template.
onNewRelationship	Request	The Request that should pop up to the user in case there is no Relationship yet. In this Request you can send Attributes of yourself the user needs to in order to know who’s Template it is (e.g. company name, address, …), as ask for Attributes of the user you need to know in the Relationship, or send some information you already know about the user, so it can be saved in its wallet (e.g. the customer id).
onExistingRelationship	Request | undefined	The Request that should pop up to the user in case a Relationship already exists. An example usage is a Request with an AuthenticationRequestItem for the sake of two-factor authentication.

RelationshipCreationChangeRequestContent

The naming on this one in combination with its response property is a bit confusing. Even though the RelationshipCreationChangeRequestContent contains the word “Request”, it has a response property. This is because in the context of Relationships, there are RelationshipChanges, which have a request and a response property. But caution: these have nothing to do with the Content-types Request and Response.

Name	Type	Description
@type	"RelationshipCreationChangeRequestContent"
response	Response	The Response to the Request that was contained in the RelationshipTemplateContent (either in the onExistingRelationship property or in the onNewRelationship property).

Mail

A Mail can be sent as the content of a Message. It is comparable with the classic email, so its properties should not contain any surprise.

Name	Type	Description
@type	"Mail"
to	string[]	The enmeshed Addresses of the main recipients of this Mail.
cc	string[] | undefined	The enmeshed Addresses that should receive a copy of this Mail, additionally to the ones specified in to.
subject	string	The subject of the Mail.
body	string	The body of the Mail.

Consumption

DecideRequestItemParameters

In order to answer a Request, the Response must be formulated appropriately. As an easier interface to do so various DecideRequestItemParameters are provided. If you want to reject any RequestItem, you must use the RejectRequestItemParameters. If you want to accept a RequestItem, however, depending on its kind you might need different parameters. For example, an AuthenticationRequestItem can be accepted using the AcceptRequestItemParameters, but for a FreeTextRequestItem AcceptFreeTextRequestItemParameters are required.

RejectRequestItemParameters

Name	Type	Description
accept	"false"	The only possible value here is the string “false”.
code	string | undefined	A code telling the sender about the reason for the rejection.
message	string | undefined	A human readable message with details about the rejection.

AcceptRequestItemParameters

Name	Type	Description
accept	"true"	The only possible value here is the string “true”.

AcceptDeleteAttributeRequestItemParameters

Name	Type	Description
accept	"true"	The only possible value here is the string “true”.
deletionDate	string	The timestamp of when the Attribute will be deleted. Only dates in the future are allowed here.

AcceptFreeTextRequestItemParameters

Name	Type	Description
accept	"true"	The only possible value here is the string “true”.
freeText	string	The free text that is used to answer the RequestItem.

AcceptProposeAttributeRequestItemParameters

The parameters to accept a ProposeAttributeRequestItem with an existing Attribute.

Name	Type	Description
accept	"true"	The only possible value here is the string “true”.
attributeId	string	The id of the existing LocalAttribute.

The parameters to accept a ProposeAttributeRequestItem with a new Attribute.

Name	Type	Description
accept	"true"	The only possible value here is the string “true”.
attribute	IdentityAttribute | RelationshipAttribute	The new LocalAttribute.

AcceptReadAttributeRequestItemParameters

The parameters to accept a ReadAttributeRequestItem with an existing Attribute.

Name	Type	Description
accept	"true"	The only possible value here is the string “true”.
existingAttributeId	string	The id of the existing LocalAttribute.

The parameters to accept a ReadAttributeRequestItem with a new Attribute.

Name	Type	Description
accept	"true"	The only possible value here is the string “true”.
newAttribute	IdentityAttribute | RelationshipAttribute	The new LocalAttribute.