New Work Item Proposal: Universal Wallet 2020

Hi All,

I'm writing this list to propose a new W3C CCG Work Item
"universal-wallet-2020":

Repo: https://github.com/transmute-industries/universal-wallet
Spec: https://transmute-industries.github.io/universal-wallet/

The proposed specification will define a data model and abstract interfaces
for digital wallets that store currency, credentials, key material or
references to key material, meta data, and cards... The goal being to help
unify DIDs, VCs,  and cryptocurrency wallet data models, by defining
missing vocabulary or defining relationships between existing vocabulary,
reusing existing specifications as much as possible without
modification.... Including DIDs, DID Key, VCs, VC HTTP APIs, WebKMS, VP
Request Spec, Presentation Exchange, etc...

We're not proposing anyone change any of their existing wallets. We're
proposing a specification describing a way for them to import and export
wallet contents according to a data model, and to disclose support for a
set of abstract interfaces, as a way of enabling users to tell what
features a given wallet supports (currency, identity, and/or credentials).
We cannot move, what we don't understand, or that has no common
portability format.

We've presented this work to the CCG, DIF and Aries WG, and gotten positive
feedback, but also some concern about scope / informative vs normative
statements for interfaces. We're also tracking compatibility with Indy
Wallets and Secure Data Stores... and we're working to understand how to
represent data structures like connections or indy credential schemas in
ways that support portability and interoperability.

We'd like to continue this discussion and modify the spec in the W3C CCG
with participation from the community.

We'd like to move the current reference implementation to the DIF at the
same time, but we're open to keeping them co-located if thats desired, we
want to be sensitive to companies that cannot (or don't desire to) commit
to the reference implementation but wish to develop the spec.

Happy to answer any questions!

We're looking for additional organizations to co-edit / sponsor the
development of the specification in the W3C CCG.

Regards,

OS

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*ORIE STEELE*
Chief Technical Officer
www.transmute.industries

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