Re: Please review simple signed VC

On 2018-03-10 08:34, Christopher Allen wrote:
> I ran this very simple, signed. web-of-trust, verifiable credential by a few folk at this week’s #RebootingWebOfTrust to confirm that it conforms to our latest thoughts, for possibly adding to a new CCG Valid Samples repo.

Potentially related:

https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-erdtman-jose-cleartext-jws-00.html

thanx,
Anders

> 
> Some notes:
> 
> * Basically this verifiable credential says that DID “…tyke” (my testnet DID) names locally the DID “…xnhn” as “KimH” (this DID is a testnet DID created by Kim Hamilton).
> 
> * It uses a bitcoin-based DIDs, and both of these are real and functional.
> 
> * The public key can be confirmed in the Bitcoin blockchain, the signature is correct, and key has not been revoked by the DID.
> 
> * It uses valid schema.org <http://schema.org> and security schemas. At some point we should have our own schema, as alternateName should instead be edgeName as per new pet names paper.
> 
> * This credential does specify the issuer inside the claim itself, rather than relying on defaulting the issuer to be the creator of the signature.  This is important for future counter claims and witnesses.
> 
> * The signature is now called proof, not signature.
> 
> * The creator in the proof points to the public key in the DID, but doesn’t include the actual public key.
> 
> {
>    "@context": [
>      "https://schema.org/",
>      "https://w3id.org/security/v1"
>    ],
>    "issuer": "did:btcr:xyv2-xzyq-qqm5-tyke",
>    "claim": {
>      "id": "did:btcr:xkyt-fzgq-qq87-xnhn",
>      "alternateName": "KimD"
>    },
>    "proof": {
>      "type": "EcdsaKoblitzSignature2016",
>      "created": "2018-03-08T21:09:36Z",
>      "creator": "did:btcr:xyv2-xzyq-qqm5-tyke:#keys-1",
>      "signatureValue": "H3yEiysgAZ9KjCL5pd4PHKZRQ8UAN9PlkjSEb7xplXP+BLQ7yWZuplIGPCAh7943upqa7KgXfUqBDxW4oyXcbAo="
>    }
> }
> 
> Any other comments before I put it in the Valid Sample repo?
> 
> — Christopher Allen
>

Received on Saturday, 10 March 2018 14:08:49 UTC