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          <h1 property="schema:name">Solid26: Implementation Guide</h1>
          <p id="w3c-state">Draft Community Group Report, <time datetime="2026-04-02T00:00:00Z">2026-04-02</time></p>
          <details open="">
            <summary>More details about this document</summary>
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              <dt>This version</dt>
              <dd><a href="https://solidproject.org/TR/solid26" rel="owl:sameAs">https://solidproject.org/TR/solid26</a></dd>
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            <dl id="document-latest-published-version">
              <dt>Latest published version</dt>
              <dd><a href="https://solidproject.org/TR/solid26" rel="rel:latest-version">https://solidproject.org/TR/solid26</a></dd>
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              <dt>Editors</dt>
              <dd id="Jesse-Wright"><span about="" rel="schema:editor schema:author"><span typeof="schema:Person"><a href="mailto:jesse.wright@cs.ox.ac.uk" rel="schema:url"><span property="schema:name"><span property="schema:givenName">Jesse</span> <span property="schema:familyName">Wright</span></span></a> (<span property="schema:affiliation">University of Oxford</span>)</span></span></dd>
              <dd id="Christoph-Braun"><span about="" rel="schema:editor schema:author"><span typeof="schema:Person"><a href="mailto:braun@kit.edu" rel="schema:url"><span property="schema:name"><span property="schema:givenName">Christoph</span> <span property="schema:familyName">Braun</span></span></a> (<span property="schema:affiliation">Karlsruhe Institute of Technology</span>)</span></span></dd>
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              <dt>Published</dt>
              <dd><time content="2026-04-02T00:00:00Z" datatype="xsd:dateTime" datetime="2026-04-02T00:00:00Z" property="schema:datePublished">2026-04-02</time></dd>
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              <dt>Modified</dt>
              <dd><time content="2026-04-02T00:00:00Z" datatype="xsd:dateTime" datetime="2026-04-02T00:00:00Z" property="schema:dateModified">2026-04-02</time></dd>
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              <dt>Feedback</dt>
              <dd><a href="https://github.com/solid/specification" rel="doap:repository">GitHub solid/specification</a> (<a href="https://github.com/solid/specification/pulls">pull requests</a>, <a href="https://github.com/solid/specification/issues/new">new issue</a>, <a href="https://github.com/solid/specification/issues" rel="doap:bug-database">open issues</a>)</dd>
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              <dd><span content="en" lang="" property="dcterms:language" xml:lang="">English</span></dd>
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              <dt>Document Type</dt>
              <dd>Implementation Guide</dd>
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          <p class="copyright" rel="dcterms:rights" resource="#document-rights"><span property="dcterms:description"><a href="https://www.w3.org/policies/#copyright">Copyright</a> © 2026 the Contributors to Solid26: Implementation Guide, under the <a about="" href="https://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/cla/" rel="schema:license">W3C Community Contributor License Agreement (CLA)</a>. A human-readable <a href="https://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/cla-deed/">summary</a> is available.</span></p>
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            <h2>Abstract</h2>
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              <p>This document is an implementation guide for Solid26 — a snapshot of the most mature and widely implemented Solid specification versions, collected to help developers and organisations identify a common baseline. It provides practical guidance for implementing the Solid specifications included in this collection.</p>
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              <p>This document was published by the <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/cg/solid/">W3C Solid Community Group</a> as an implementation guide. It is not a W3C Standard nor is it on the W3C Standards Track.</p>
              <p>This document is intended to provide implementation guidance for the Solid specifications collected in the Solid26 release. The content of this guide is informative and non-normative. It may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time.</p>
              <p>Comments regarding this document are welcome. Please file issues on <a href="https://github.com/solid/specification/issues">GitHub</a>.</p>
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                <li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#abstract"><span>Abstract</span></a></li>
                <li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sotd"><span>Status of This Document</span></a></li>
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                  <p><a class="tocxref" href="#introduction"><bdi class="secno">1.</bdi> <span>Introduction</span></a></p>
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                <li class="tocline">
                  <p><a class="tocxref" href="#specifications"><bdi class="secno">2.</bdi> <span>Specifications</span></a></p>
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                    <li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#solid-protocol"><bdi class="secno">2.1</bdi> <span>Solid Protocol</span></a></li>
                    <li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#solid-oidc"><bdi class="secno">2.2</bdi> <span>Solid-OIDC</span></a></li>
                    <li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#web-access-control"><bdi class="secno">2.3</bdi> <span>Web Access Control</span></a></li>
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                <li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#references"><span>References</span></a></li>
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              <p>The <a href="https://solidproject.org/TR/">Solid Specification</a> defines multiple sub-specification documents with differing levels of maturity. Solid26 collects the most mature and widely implemented specification versions into one coherent reference — a snapshot of the parts of the Solid platform that are most broadly supported by existing implementations.</p>
              <p>This document does not define new normative requirements, but rather identifies and collects the specifications needed to build interoperable Solid applications and servers.</p>
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            <h2 property="schema:name">Specifications</h2>
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              <p>The Solid26 specification documents are as follows. All referenced specifications are W3C Solid Community Group Drafts.</p>

              <section id="solid-protocol" inlist="" rel="schema:hasPart" resource="#solid-protocol">
                <h3>Solid Protocol</h3>
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                  <p>The <a href="https://solidproject.org/TR/protocol">Solid Protocol</a> (CG-DRAFT/FINAL, v0.11.0) is included with the following amendments. Servers are not required to implement the following:</p>
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                    <li><a href="https://solidproject.org/TR/protocol#n3-patch">5.3.1 Modifying Resources Using N3 Patches</a></li>
                    <li><a href="https://solidproject.org/TR/protocol#access-control-policy">11.2 ACP (Access Control Policy)</a></li>
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                <h3>Solid-OIDC</h3>
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                  <p><a href="https://solidproject.org/TR/oidc">Solid-OIDC</a> (CG-DRAFT/FINAL, v0.1.0) is included in the Solid26 release.</p>
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                    <h4><span>Note</span></h4>
                    <p>Solid-OIDC v0.1.0 is not a widely implemented version. A document that accurately reflects current implementations is being drafted by Christoph Braun. This PR is waiting for that document to be available and ready to reference before merging.</p>
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              <section id="web-access-control" inlist="" rel="schema:hasPart" resource="#web-access-control">
                <h3>Web Access Control</h3>
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                  <p><a href="https://solidproject.org/TR/2024/wac-20240512">Web Access Control</a> (CG-DRAFT/FINAL, 2024-05-12) is included in this release.</p>
                  <div class="note">
                    <h4><span>Note</span></h4>
                    <p>We would like to update the referenced WAC version and snapshot link to include the proposed changes in <a href="https://github.com/solid/web-access-control-spec/pull/134">solid/web-access-control-spec#134</a>, if they are merged in time.</p>
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            <h2>References</h2>
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                <dt id="ref-solid-protocol">[SOLID-PROTOCOL]</dt>
                <dd><cite><a href="https://solidproject.org/TR/protocol">Solid Protocol</a></cite>. Sarven Capadisli; Tim Berners-Lee; Kjetil Kjernsmo. W3C Solid Community Group. URL: <a href="https://solidproject.org/TR/protocol">https://solidproject.org/TR/protocol</a></dd>

                <dt id="ref-solid-oidc">[SOLID-OIDC]</dt>
                <dd><cite><a href="https://solidproject.org/TR/oidc">Solid-OIDC</a></cite>. W3C Solid Community Group. URL: <a href="https://solidproject.org/TR/oidc">https://solidproject.org/TR/oidc</a></dd>

                <dt id="ref-wac">[WAC]</dt>
                <dd><cite><a href="https://solidproject.org/TR/2024/wac-20240512">Web Access Control</a></cite>. W3C Solid Community Group. URL: <a href="https://solidproject.org/TR/2024/wac-20240512">https://solidproject.org/TR/2024/wac-20240512</a></dd>


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