Decentralized Research Infrastructure
NVO987 is an experimental research infrastructure exploring the intersection of decentralized digital identity, semantic web technologies, and cultural research. The project investigates how open web standards can support independent, machine-readable research environments.
Rather than operating as a traditional centralized platform, the infrastructure is composed of distributed nodes that together form a research ecosystem linking identity verification, publication systems, experimental laboratories, and knowledge graph structures.
The identity layer of the system is based on the decentralized identifier:
did:web:identity.nvo987.us
This identifier provides a verifiable root identity used across the network, ensuring cryptographic integrity and consistent identity references across research publications, knowledge archives, and decentralized services.
Identity node
identity.nvo987.us
Research laboratory
lab.nvo987.us
Publications and cultural studies
art.nvo987.us
The research focuses on knowledge representation, decentralized identity systems, and the conceptual model known as the Civilizational Interpretive Ratio, which examines the relationship between the complexity of autonomous technological systems and human interpretive capacity.
Additional research explores visual culture and the generative role of color in modern and contemporary art, including the work of Sonia Delaunay.
The research initiative is connected with the cultural and research association:
NVO987 – Culture Visuelle Moderne et Contemporaine
Paris
The project experiments with decentralized technologies including Decentralized Identifiers (DID), linked data standards, knowledge graphs, and distributed storage systems such as IPFS.