Federated Infrastructure

Registry Nodes

The RCAN registry is a federated network of nodes. Each node is an authoritative source for its namespace prefix, enabling decentralised robot identity across the Robot Registry Network.

Federation Architecture

Registry nodes implement the RCAN Federation Protocol (see /federation/). Each node exposes a /.well-known/rcan-node.json manifest describing its capabilities, operator, and sync endpoint. Root nodes anchor the namespace hierarchy; authoritative nodes own sub-prefixes; resolver and cache nodes provide high-availability read access.

Known Nodes

Robot Registry Foundation

root live

Namespace: RRN
Spec: v1.2
API Base: https://rcan.dev/api/v1

register resolve verify delegate

View manifest

Run Your Own Node

Organisations can operate authoritative RCAN registry nodes for their own namespace prefixes. Node registration is currently manual via the governance process.

Federation docs Governance process

Node registration is currently a manual process coordinated through the RCAN governance board. Automated federation onboarding is planned for a future spec revision.