Re: Electronic Driving Licenses

I have been following this discussion as I interact with legislators in
Texas on electronic drivers license bills on the floor here.

Attached is a 2016 report Rep. Goodwin's office shared with me detailing
our state's primary concerns for establishing e-licenses. This is more of a
policy framing, but some of the tech challenges are consistent across
states/the U.S. and have been helpful to my company's work in this space.

Best,
-- 


*KARYL FOWLER*Chief Executive Officer
www.transmute.industries

<https://www.transmute.industries/>

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On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 3:12 AM David Chadwick <D.W.Chadwick@kent.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Hi Oliver
>
> Yes I think we should try to influence the standard if possible. They
> are clearly influenced by other standards otherwise they would not be
> looking into OIDC and CBOR. Since we believe VCs are superior and
> designed for driving licenses then we should try to sell VCs to them.
>
> Kind regards
>
> David
>
>
> On 16/04/2019 18:34, Oliver Terbu wrote:
> > Yes, I was part of the expert group (ISO/IEC JTC1 WG10) working on the
> spec. I also created awareness that W3C VCs are a good idea, but it was not
> adopted.
> >
> > Last time I spoke to them, ISO 18013-5 will allow two different
> approaches:
> > - Offline: a smartphone version of the chip card and data is transmitted
> between a verifier and a holder using BLE, NFC, etc. The data format has to
> be chip-friendly and uses ISO/IEC 18013-2 and ISO/IEC 18013-3 encoding. I
> heard they recently looked into CBOR.
> > - Online: allows the transmission of a “token” to establish a connection
> with an online server and obtain the data from the server. The data format
> is based on JWT. The exchange protocol they were looking into was OpenID
> Connect. In theory, the “token” could also be a DID, but the exchange
> format would need to be extended respectively ISO 18013-5 amended.
> >
> > Their primary intention is not to introduce an online identity. Their
> primary focus is peer-to-peer verification, e.g., roadside stop.
> >
> > The group also looked into different types of ZKPs. Data minimization
> was a declared goal of the working group, i.e., atomic claims, and will be
> part of the spec.
> >
> > We could always try to set up a call with them when they are convening
> (usually every two months).
> >
> > Oliver
> >
> >
> >> On 16. Apr 2019, at 19:25, David Chadwick <D.W.Chadwick@kent.ac.uk>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks Mike
> >>
> >> the other thing I mentioned to the UK DVLA was the notion of atomic VCs.
> >> He had not heard of this concept before, but thought it was a good idea
> >> if each driving license attribute was inserted in a separate VC so that
> >> users could selectively disclose them. (I also shared ZKP VCs with him
> >> as a more advanced alternative of this).
> >>
> >> If we could get the ISO standard to acknowledge this concept as well
> >> (assuming it does not already do this), then it would be a big win for
> >> privacy.
> >>
> >> kind regards
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >> On 16/04/2019 18:02, Mike Varley wrote:
> >>> I am not an expert on the ISO spec, but an earlier version I saw was a
> set of claims (like a JSON doc) that could be wrapped in another
> attestation format - like a VC or JWS or both.
> >>> I will try and follow up to see if that is still true.
> >>>
> >>> MV
> >>>
> >>> On 2019-04-16, 12:59 PM, "David Chadwick" <D.W.Chadwick@kent..ac.uk>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>    Hi All
> >>>
> >>>    I spoke with the UK Driving License Authority today and it appears
> that
> >>>    an ISO standard for electronic driving licenses is nearly
> completed. It is
> >>>
> >>>    ISO 18013 part 5
> >>>
> >>>    It is out for ballot at the moment I believe.
> >>>
> >>>    Even though I am a member of BSI I cannot get a copy without being a
> >>>    member of the working group (which I am not). But I understand that
> the
> >>>    draft standard does not mention W3C Verifiable Credentials nor
> propose
> >>>    to use our technology for electronic driving licenses. This would
> be a
> >>>    huge missed opportunity if governments all around the world
> (including
> >>>    the US, as I understand Virginia has piloted a system already)
> start to
> >>>    issue electronic driving licenses that are not VC compatible.
> >>>
> >>>    Is anyone in our group a member of an ISO member body and could
> either
> >>>    get a look at the standard, or even better, suggest that W3C VCs
> are one
> >>>    of the mechanisms to be used for publishing electronic driving
> licenses
> >>>    to users
> >>>
> >>>    Kind regards
> >>>
> >>>    David
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>