Trust should be understandable, portable, and comparable.
Content Trust Trust Protocol defines an architecture for a universal trust framework across identities, reviews, endorsements, collaborations, communities, opportunities, and professional reputation in the creator economy.
Protocol Boundary
A standard before rollout
This V1 creates language and structure only. It does not launch adoption, certification, accreditation, API rollout, or external programs.
Understandable
Common language for trust signals.
Portable
Trust records move beyond one product surface.
Comparable
Levels and records can be interpreted consistently.
Trust Protocol
Protocol standards
Identity, verification, review, endorsement, collaboration, and community standards establish the common structure.
Identity Standards
Define how identity is represented, confirmed, updated, and carried across public trust links.
Verification Standards
Define what evidence supports verified identity, verified presence, professional verification, and collaborator status.
Review Standards
Define review quality, source context, collaboration evidence, category scoring, and abuse protections.
Endorsement Standards
Define how community, organization, expert, and peer endorsements should be attributed and interpreted.
Collaboration Standards
Define how partnership history, completed work, payment reliability, and outcome quality are recorded.
Community Standards
Define trust expectations for member verification, moderation, community health, and shared reputation signals.
Trust Levels
Universal trust framework
Five levels make trust easier to read, compare, and explain.
Verified Identity
The person or entity can be connected to a consistent Content Trust identity.
Verified Presence
The identity is connected to public presence signals such as website or platforms.
Verified Professional
Professional context, work focus, and reputation evidence are visible.
Verified Collaborator
Collaboration history and partner feedback support the trust record.
Trusted Industry Member
The identity has strong trust history, community standing, and professional reputation.
Trust Records
Standardized records
Reviews, endorsements, collaboration history, community contributions, and achievements become comparable record types.
Reviews
Capture collaboration-backed reputation with source, category, and context.
Endorsements
Capture attributed trust support from members, communities, experts, or organizations.
Collaboration History
Capture completed work, partner context, payment signals, and outcomes.
Community Contributions
Capture meaningful participation, resources, events, and peer support.
Professional Achievements
Capture milestones, certificates, recognition, and public trust accomplishments.
Protocol Objects
What the protocol can describe
Individuals, brands, agencies, organizations, communities, events, projects, and opportunities.
Individuals
Creators, freelancers, scouts, experts, and professionals with portable identity.
Brands
Commercial partners with reputation, payment, campaign, and collaboration signals.
Agencies
Representation and service organizations with partner history and trust operations.
Organizations
Teams, studios, companies, nonprofits, groups, and collectives.
Communities
Member networks with community trust, moderation, events, and resources.
Events
Verified sessions, roundtables, workshops, and ecosystem gatherings.
Projects
Workspaces, campaigns, briefs, and execution contexts.
Opportunities
Campaigns, jobs, services, sponsorships, and collaboration requests.
Trust Certificates
Future certificate architecture
Certificate names are prepared as future architecture only. No certification program exists in V1.
Professional Trust Certificate
Future certificate for individuals with verified identity, record, and reputation.
Future ArchitectureVerified Organization Certificate
Future certificate for organizations with visible reputation and member trust.
Future ArchitectureTrusted Community Certificate
Future certificate for communities with verified health, moderation, and participation signals.
Future ArchitectureVerified Collaborator Certificate
Future certificate for profiles with collaboration-backed trust history.
Future ArchitectureIndustry Adoption
Prepared adoption surfaces
Creator platforms, agencies, talent networks, community platforms, and professional directories can eventually adopt common trust language.
Creator Platforms
Display verification level, trust score, passport link, and reputation context.
Agencies
Compare collaborator trust records and explain talent recommendations.
Talent Networks
Make professional identity, reputation, and community standing easier to evaluate.
Community Platforms
Use common trust language for member verification and community trust.
Professional Directories
Show trust badges, public trust links, and standardized reputation summaries.
Trust Language
Common terms
A shared vocabulary makes trust easier to understand across products and organizations.
Trust Score
A comparable summary of trust signals, reputation, verification, and collaboration history.
Verification Level
A standard level describing what kind of identity and professional evidence is visible.
Collaboration History
A standardized record of completed partnerships, outcomes, and partner context.
Community Standing
A signal of participation, endorsements, contributions, and trust inside communities.
Professional Reputation
A broader record of reviews, endorsements, achievements, and verified work.
Public Standards
What Content Trust can publish
The public standards library is prepared for future publication.
Verified by Content Trust
What the phrase should mean
When someone sees Verified by Content Trust, the protocol should make the meaning immediately clear.
Identity confirmed
History visible
Trust established
Protocol V1 Boundary
No external adoption. No API rollout. No certification program.
Trust Protocol V1 creates the future standardization framework only. Adoption, certification, and external usage remain future work.