Re: Authorized Issuer Lists

Yes! 

And then the school includes the accreditation vc in their student credential vc 

Steven Capell
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> On 15 Aug 2022, at 7:28 am, Kyano Kashi <kyanokashi2@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Manu,
> 
> Forgive my ignorance, but couldn’t we simply have the American Bar Association issue VCs to the schools it wishes to accredit for issuing law VCs?
> 
> Best, 
> 
> Kyano
> 
>> On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 6:19 PM 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
>> 
>> -- 
>> Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/
>> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
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