- From: David Chadwick <D.W.Chadwick@kent.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 12:40:39 +0100
- To: public-credentials@w3.org
The issue is not so much about who can issue VCs, because in fact anyone can. The issue is more about verifier trust in the issuer. How does a verifier determine who should be trusted to issue credential X, regardless of whether X is self issued or a reputation type of credentials. On 29/08/2017 19:32, Steven Rowat wrote: > On 2017-08-29 1:28 AM, Adam Sobieski wrote: >> Credentials Community Group, >> >> In a decentralized identity model, various issuers can provide >> identifying credentials (nations, states, cities, universities, banks, >> companies, etc.). > > This is perhaps an unnecessary aside, but would this list also include: > self-issued > reputation issued > > credentials? > > For the first, I believe it's been discussed in the past in this group > that there are situations where a person, or entity, would like to issue > their own credential. > > But perhaps the reputation one is more important. I mean both the small > scale -- two people with Passports identify person X as being known -- > as well as large-scale: 4,000 reviewers on a music site decide to bestow > "Best of category" on work Y, and issue it as a credential. > > Steven > > > > >> >> While querying digital wallets is still a pioneer topic and a work in >> progress, we can envision that a verifiable profile is composed by a >> user, utilizing a set of credentials, in response to a query or >> request. We can envision that a set of attributes may be requested, >> each attribute may be optional or required for a request, and, for >> each attribute, data and metadata about pertinent credentials and >> issuers may be specified or described, defining acceptable credentials >> per attribute. >> >> Topical is describing credentials’ and issuers’ data and metadata so >> that a verifier can ensure that a verifiable profile is composed from >> a set of acceptable credentials. I would like to ask about schemas or >> models of credentials and issuers. >> >> >> Best regards, >> Adam Sobieski >> > >
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