Re: Verifiable Credentials v1.1 released for public review

+1 we typically use a verifiable presentation with multiple VCs, or link
them.

On Tue, Nov 9, 2021, 17:22 Dmitri Zagidulin <dzagidulin@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Marty,
>
> For what it's worth, I think that nesting VCs in each other is often a red
> flag. In most cases (including the educational / transcript ones), you'd be
> better off linking to other VCs, instead of embedding. Or using a
> Verifiable Presentation to bundle.
>
> On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 3:54 PM Marty Reed <Marty.Reed@randasolutions.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I did not see it specifically noted in the document, however I have
>> further reviewed and it is in the implementation guide for 1.0 not in the
>> spec itself.
>>
>> Forgive my lack of experience with standards development here:
>>
>> Is the implementation guide only developed after approval of the spec?
>>
>> Would it be prudent to acknowledge in the spec nesting is supported?
>>
>> Nesting VCs has been a hot topic in the IMS Global OB/CLR Conceptual
>> modeling discussion for 3.0/2.0 respectively.
>>
>> Marty
>>
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:35 PM
>> To: public-credentials@w3.org
>> Subject: Re: Verifiable Credentials v1.1 released for public review
>>
>> On 11/9/21 2:03 PM, Marty Reed wrote:
>> > Will the v1.1 spec no longer support nesting VCs as in the 1.0 spec?
>>
>> v1.1 is fully backwards compatible with v1.0. If someone thinks that it
>> isn't, please let us know.
>>
>> Nesting VCs is fully supported when using the `proof` property (via
>> Linked Data Integrity).
>>
>> Nesting VCs is not supported when using JWTs (but that has always been
>> the case).
>>
>> Again, what was possible with v1.0 is still possible w/ v1.1. Is there
>> something that led you to believe that this has changed, Marty?
>>
>> -- manu
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