Support for Verifiable Claims

Hi Tantek,

No, this is an AC review of a proposed working group charter in compliance
with the W3C Process, section 5.2.3.

On Thursday, 27 October 2016, Tantek Çelik <tantek@cs.stanford.edu
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tantek@cs.stanford.edu');>> wrote:

> Out of curiosity, is this just a big cheerleading technology wishlist
> thread, or are y'all actively implementing verifiable claims
> prototypes and trying them on the open web?
>
> (I didn't see "implement", "prototype", or "incubate" mentioned in any
> of the chain of +1s previous in the thread, mostly just "contribute"
> which I suppose we are all doing by emailing about it, but we can do
> that within existing IGs/CGs.)
>
> I want a verified pony as much as the next person, but at some point
> the framing starts to look more like a solution looking for problems
> (or problems aspirationally assuming they'll be solved by a claimed
> foundational panacea) rather than something that actually benefits the
> web platform directly.
>
> E.g. perhaps pick one specific area that verifiable claims may
> potentially benefit that needs something like it badly (up to
> advocates to prototype/demonstrate workability to be sure), like
> WoT/IoT, which is currently beset by the wide deployment and
> misdirection[1] of quite a few "unverified" devices.
>
> (just did a quick web search on "verifiable claims" "web of things"
> and found a few pages that mention both, but nothing that actually
> connected these two in any substantive way. Hard to believe this email
> is the first suggestion thereof, earlier references welcome.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tantek Çelik
> AB member
> Web Standards Lead, Mozilla
>
> [1] I.e. I assume y'all have seen:
> https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/hacked-cameras-dvrs-powe
> red-todays-massive-internet-outage/
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 1:35 AM, Rinke Hoekstra <rinke.hoekstra@vu.nl>
> wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam also supports the Verifiable Claims WG
> Charter, and is looking forward to contributing.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Rinke Hoekstra
> >
> >
> >
> >> On 21 Oct 2016, at 20:20, j.j.spaanderman@dnb.nl wrote:
> >>
> >> +1 to the Verifiable Claims WG charter on behalf of DNB.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Jurgen
> >>
> >> Van: Hakkinen, Mark T
> >> Verzonden: vrijdag 21 oktober 2016 20:08
> >> Aan: w3c-ac-forum@w3.org
> >> Cc: public-webpayments-comments@w3.org
> >> Onderwerp: RE: Support for Verifiable Claims
> >>
> >> +1 to the  verifiable claims working group charter
> http://w3c.github.io/webpayments-ig/VCTF/charter/
> >>
> >> Educational Testing Service supports this charter and looks forward to
> contributing to the work of the group.
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
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