Re: Requirements for PDF as container for VC's

Hi Leonard,

Thanks for initiating this. I have been thinking of this as well.

On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 3:23 AM Leonard Rosenthol <lrosenth@adobe.com> wrote:

> Kicking off some discussions here – I’d like to start by putting down what
> I think are some “primary” requirements for the use of PDF in this
> context.  Am I missing anything?  Do you disagree with any of these?
> Feedback welcome!!
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> *## Requirements*
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> - Shall store the VC in native JSON-LD (w/optional compression)
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> - VC should be in an easily accessible location (for both reading &
> writing)
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Agree. And JSON-LD is what we intend to use. There could also be a
'serialization/type' option to specify the serialization to accommodate
other use cases (XML? CBOR-LD?), if need be.


> - Should require no language changes to PDF (except "metadata"-like
> values)
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>     - implies compatibility with both PDF 1.7 and 2.0
>

Agree. I assume that PDF 1.7 implies compatibility with older versions as
well?


> - Shall be usable in conjunction with standard PDF Signing/Certification
>

Makes sense. I have questions here wrt the PDF spec and how signing is
happening (the 'hole' in the file approach) but these are for later.

Regards,
Kostas


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> Leonard
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