- From: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 09:26:55 -0400
- To: public-credentials@w3.org
On 03/29/2018 12:51 AM, Carlos Bruguera wrote: > Hello everyone, I see there's a more or less precise definition on > how Verifiable Credentials are to be represented > (https://w3c.github.io/vc-data-model/), however, I haven't found much > on the specification for how these credentials are requested, > shared, offered, etc. Is there a defined (or in process of being > defined) protocol or "meta" language for different entities to "talk > about" credentials? Yes, and this work goes back several years. In the more recent years, people have been calling this DID Auth. There is a spec on how you move Verifiable Credentials around in a browser environment here: https://w3c-ccg.github.io/credential-handler-api/ a demo video of what it looks like in practice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm3XBPB4cFY and a demo site where you can try it out for yourself: https://credential-repository.demo.digitalbazaar.com/ ... and the code here: https://github.com/w3c-ccg/credential-handler-api https://github.com/digitalbazaar/credential-handler-demo > I'm wondering if defining these protocols is also within the scope > of this Group (I think it should be). It is and doing so are current work items. > I know I've read some scattered discussions on this regard, along > with the different implementations on different use cases, but maybe > there's nothing concrete as an attempt to /standardize/ VC > communication among different parties? That work is being actively moved forward. > If there's some documentation on this topic. I'd appreciate any > pointers on it. Hope the links above help. -- manu -- Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny, G+: +Manu Sporny) Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. blog: The State of W3C Web Payments in 2017 http://manu.sporny.org/2017/w3c-web-payments/
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