Re: Authorized Issuer Lists

Hi Manu,

We've definitely hit the need for this (for a registry of trusted issuers)
in the VC-Edu space. In early Digital Credentials Consortium prototypes,
we're using a very basic JSON object hosted in the cloud, while the various
standards and protocols are developing.
Looking forward to reading this paper!

On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 11:19 AM Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The topic of "lists of authorized issuers for certain types of
> credentials" has been floating around the VC community for a few years
> now. We don't seem to have hit a point where implementers and
> customers feel they absolutely need the feature, but there has been
> enough curiosity around it to perhaps have some exploratory technical
> discussions at some of the upcoming conferences.
>
> The basic concept here is: Can a verifier lean on established trust it
> has in some authority, such as an accreditation body, to get a list of
> issuers for particular types of credentials? To focus on a use case in
> education, how would the American Bar Association publish a list of
> all law schools that it has accredited to issue law degree VCs?
>
> The following paper calls for the exploration of the topic, starting
> at the upcoming RWoT in The Hague (end of September):
>
>
> https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot11-the-hague/blob/master/advance-readings/authorized-issuer-lists.md
>
> Thoughts, concerns, and identification of similar work, are all welcome.
>
> -- manu
>
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