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Key Concepts rewrite for open source day (#7) First draft Re-structured Key Concepts; added plenty of diagrams; additional content. Added references to other security docs. Re-structured Key Concepts; added plenty of diagrams; additional content. Added references to other security docs. Updated information, indexes and images. Incorporated feedback from PR review comments (RGB, RW) Reformatted diagrams and incorporated feedback from PR reviewers. Addressed formatting problems. Updated Flow Framework diagram Added colour coding to Flow Framework diagram to aid readibility. Small clarification to vault unconsumed state usage. Added tutorial reference as suggested by RGB Updated TOC tree. Updates following PR review comment from Roger First pass updates following PR review comments from MH. Further updates following PR review (including 2 edited diagrams) Diagram changes and minor text edits following review with MGB Remove unused diagrams. Fixed spurious indentation errors. Changes following review and feedback from JD. Added clauses and merkle-trees back into TOC. Added small sub-section on transaction representation in Data Model. Added future work as note in Vault. Minor updates to diagrams following MH review. Updated Corda Ecosystem diagram. Minor changes to Core & Financial docs following PR review by MH. Updated following review by MBG.
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Overview
========
Docsite reorg ahead of beta launch.
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This section describes the key concepts and features of the Corda platform. It is intended for readers who are new to
Corda, and want to understand its architecture. It does not contain any code, and is suitable for non-developers.
This section should be read in order:
* :doc:`key-concepts-ecosystem`
* :doc:`key-concepts-ledger`
* :doc:`key-concepts-states`
* :doc:`key-concepts-contracts`
* :doc:`key-concepts-transactions`
* :doc:`key-concepts-flows`
* :doc:`key-concepts-consensus`
* :doc:`key-concepts-notaries`
* :doc:`key-concepts-time-windows`
* :doc:`key-concepts-oracles`
* :doc:`key-concepts-node`
* :doc:`key-concepts-tradeoffs`
Key Concepts rewrite for open source day (#7) First draft Re-structured Key Concepts; added plenty of diagrams; additional content. Added references to other security docs. Re-structured Key Concepts; added plenty of diagrams; additional content. Added references to other security docs. Updated information, indexes and images. Incorporated feedback from PR review comments (RGB, RW) Reformatted diagrams and incorporated feedback from PR reviewers. Addressed formatting problems. Updated Flow Framework diagram Added colour coding to Flow Framework diagram to aid readibility. Small clarification to vault unconsumed state usage. Added tutorial reference as suggested by RGB Updated TOC tree. Updates following PR review comment from Roger First pass updates following PR review comments from MH. Further updates following PR review (including 2 edited diagrams) Diagram changes and minor text edits following review with MGB Remove unused diagrams. Fixed spurious indentation errors. Changes following review and feedback from JD. Added clauses and merkle-trees back into TOC. Added small sub-section on transaction representation in Data Model. Added future work as note in Vault. Minor updates to diagrams following MH review. Updated Corda Ecosystem diagram. Minor changes to Core & Financial docs following PR review by MH. Updated following review by MBG.
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Updates Key Concepts page to point to the videos. (#677)
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The detailed thinking and rationale behind these concepts are presented in two white papers:
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* `Corda: An Introduction`_
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* `Corda: A Distributed Ledger`_ (A.K.A. the Technical White Paper)
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Explanations of the key concepts are also available as `videos <https://vimeo.com/album/4555732/>`_:
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<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/213812040">The Corda Ledger</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/213812054">States</a></p>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/213812054" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
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<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/213879807">Transactions</a></p>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/213879807" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
<p></p>
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<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/214168839">Contracts</a></p>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/214168839" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
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<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/213879293">Legal Prose</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/213881538">Commands</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/213879314">Timestamps</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/213879328">Attachments</a></p>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/213879328" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
<p></p>
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<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/214046145">Flows</a></p>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/214046145" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
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<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/214138438">Consensus</a></p>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/214138438" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
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<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/214138458">Notaries</a></p>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/214138458" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
<p></p>
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<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/214157956">Oracles</a></p>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/214157956" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
<p></p>
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<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/214168860">Corda Node, CorDapps and Network</a></p>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/214168860" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
<p></p>
Key Concepts rewrite for open source day (#7) First draft Re-structured Key Concepts; added plenty of diagrams; additional content. Added references to other security docs. Re-structured Key Concepts; added plenty of diagrams; additional content. Added references to other security docs. Updated information, indexes and images. Incorporated feedback from PR review comments (RGB, RW) Reformatted diagrams and incorporated feedback from PR reviewers. Addressed formatting problems. Updated Flow Framework diagram Added colour coding to Flow Framework diagram to aid readibility. Small clarification to vault unconsumed state usage. Added tutorial reference as suggested by RGB Updated TOC tree. Updates following PR review comment from Roger First pass updates following PR review comments from MH. Further updates following PR review (including 2 edited diagrams) Diagram changes and minor text edits following review with MGB Remove unused diagrams. Fixed spurious indentation errors. Changes following review and feedback from JD. Added clauses and merkle-trees back into TOC. Added small sub-section on transaction representation in Data Model. Added future work as note in Vault. Minor updates to diagrams following MH review. Updated Corda Ecosystem diagram. Minor changes to Core & Financial docs following PR review by MH. Updated following review by MBG.
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.. _`Corda: An Introduction`: _static/corda-introductory-whitepaper.pdf
.. _`Corda: A Distributed Ledger`: _static/corda-technical-whitepaper.pdf
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