Project updates, version announcements, and technical notes from the Universal Manifest project.https://universalmanifest.net/https://universalmanifest.net/blog/explainer-video-library/https://universalmanifest.net/blog/explainer-video-library/A video library for Universal Manifest is live. The overview explains the whole idea in about five minutes, then the library branches by interest, so you go only as deep as your work needs. Eighteen explainers, about two hours, and you only ever watch your own path through it.Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://universalmanifest.net/blog/spatial-computing/https://universalmanifest.net/blog/spatial-computing/Spatial computing layers many provider-run environments over the same physical world. Universal Manifest is the portable identity and consent envelope that persists across all of them, so you carry one self through overlapping fabrics instead of cold-starting each one.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://universalmanifest.net/blog/platform-portaling/https://universalmanifest.net/blog/platform-portaling/Portaling means crossing from one platform or world into another with your identity, permissions, and context intact. Here is what happens at the boundary, and why each receiver gets only the version of you it needs.Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://universalmanifest.net/blog/oma3-twg-meeting-schedule/https://universalmanifest.net/blog/oma3-twg-meeting-schedule/The OMA3 Technical Working Group meets bimonthly to discuss Universal Manifest standardization. Next meeting: May 28, 2026 at 7:00 AM Pacific / 14:00 GMT.Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://universalmanifest.net/blog/live-implementations/https://universalmanifest.net/blog/live-implementations/Two live platforms are running the Universal Manifest v0.3 evaluation contract in production: peers.social for self-sovereign identity and peermesh.org for open-source infrastructure.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://universalmanifest.net/blog/new-universalmanifest-net/https://universalmanifest.net/blog/new-universalmanifest-net/The Universal Manifest website has been rebuilt from the ground up with 15 use-case walkthroughs, a standards composition page, interactive tools, and the v0.3 spec published in full.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://universalmanifest.net/blog/v03-published/https://universalmanifest.net/blog/v03-published/Universal Manifest v0.3 defines the evaluation contract, the evaluation sequence, selective disclosure, sealed entries, and bilateral exchange. The spec is now the technical reference for implementers.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://universalmanifest.net/blog/oma3-begins-review/https://universalmanifest.net/blog/oma3-begins-review/The OMA3 Technical Working Group voted to consider Universal Manifest for standardization, opening a formal pathway for the specification.Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://universalmanifest.net/blog/v02-signatures-identity-binding/https://universalmanifest.net/blog/v02-signatures-identity-binding/Universal Manifest v0.2 made signatures mandatory, introduced four trust tiers, added agent delegation, and made manifests verifiable documents.Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://universalmanifest.net/blog/v01-envelope-format/https://universalmanifest.net/blog/v01-envelope-format/Universal Manifest v0.1 defined the portable envelope that carries identity references, claims, consent records, and device registrations in one document.Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT