Re: Vaccination Certificate Test Suite

Thanks for sharing this work Manu!

Transmute is hugely supportive of it, and happy to help move the work
forward.

In particular, we're very interested in interoperability testing of paper
format credentials to address concerns regarding digital exclusion that
will inevitably arise from any use of "HTTP" and or "DIDs".

We've already been doing some work on this front with Digital Bazaar and
Mattr regarding QR Code representations of Verifiable Credentials:

   -
   https://w3c-ccg.github.io/vaccination-vocab/#example-5-cbor-diagnostic-output-for-the-above-w3c-verifiable-credential-expressed-in-cbor-ld
   -
   https://w3c-ccg.github.io/universal-wallet-interop-spec/#example-8-a-verifiable-credential-that-supports-selective-disclosure


We're particularly excited about the intersection of offline / paper
credentials and selective disclosure proofing systems, like BBS+. Here is a
small offline capable progressive web application demo we built:
https://paper.transmute.vc

We also have a demo video showing a smaller slice of these same
interoperability tests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PodtjhO3vJo&t=2s

We're pursuing commercial interest in this space, but we remain equally
committed to supporting in the interest of public good regardless of a
specific customer.

Regards,

OS

On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 12:31 PM Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As some of you know, a few of the members in the W3C Credentials Community
> Group have been working on a Vaccination Certificate Vocabulary[1]. The
> World
> Health Organization has recently published a Release Candidate data model
> dictionary for Smart Vaccination Cards[2]. The CCG has also been working
> on a
> Verifiable Credentials HTTP API[3].
>
> The WHO guidance covers 28 types of vaccines that we (as a global society)
> depend on, including Measles, Smallpox, Polio, Yellow Fever, COVID-19, and
> others. We (Digital Bazaar) thought it might be interesting to see if we
> could
> create an interoperability test suite for the WHO Smart Vaccination Card
> work
> using the tools listed above.
>
> Please note:
>
> * This is all experimental; it's not meant to step on any
>   toes (the 40+ other vaccination certificate projects).
>
> * We have privacy concerns wrt. the WHO guidance and one
>   way to address those is to put better options into the
>   ecosystem.
>
> * There is no guarantee that WHO will follow any
>   particular path at this moment.
>
> * Digital Bazaar is not operating on behalf of any of our
>   customers, this is a self-funded internal "try to make
>   the world a better place" project. It is apolitical.
>   All mistakes and missteps are ours, not anyone else that
>   could be construed as being a part of the work.
>
> With that said, we've been able to achieve the following:
>
> * A test suite containing 1,624 tests covering the
>   28 vaccine types in the WHO vocabulary.
>
> * 7 independent vendor implementations issuing and
>   verifying each others WHO Smart Vaccination Cards.
>
> * 1,623 passing tests demonstrating true
>   interoperability!
>
> You can view the latest Vaccination Certificate test suite report here:
>
> https://w3id.org/vaccination/interop-reports
>
> -- manu
>
> [1]https://w3c-ccg.github.io/vaccination-vocab/
> [2]
> https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/interim-guidance-for-developing-a-smart-vaccination-certificate
> [3]https://github.com/w3c-ccg/vc-http-api
>
> --
> Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/
> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
> blog: Veres One Decentralized Identifier Blockchain Launches
> https://tinyurl.com/veres-one-launches
>
>
>

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