Re: Authorized Issuer Lists

This is a great and much needed initiative for the credential space. I would note that I think language like "authorized issuer lists" does tend to setup the possible misconception that there is a singular arbiter around who to trust for a particular credential type when in reality trust is contextual. Therefore, I think "trust lists" or "trust registries" are perhaps a better language framing of what we are looking for an interoperable solution to.


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Yes!

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

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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<mailto: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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