Re: CBOR-LD for VC

Correct!

> No version of CBOR-LD ever had any relation to IPLD. 



CBOR-LD is not IPLD!   However, IPLD has been suggested as a general pattern for DID documents and Verifiable credentials: 

https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot7-toronto/blob/master/final-documents/ipld-did.pdf <https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot7-toronto/blob/master/final-documents/ipld-did.pdf>

CBOR-LD is distinctly different from IPLD!


That said,  COSE-signed payloads for DID documents and VCs has been suggested for over 2 years (using tag 42): 

https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot10-buenosaires/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/ipld-cbor.md <https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot10-buenosaires/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/ipld-cbor.md>


Here is a refresher for why that initiative failed if anyone that’s interested: 

https://www.w3.org/2019/did-wg/Meetings/Minutes/2020-09-10-did-topic <https://www.w3.org/2019/did-wg/Meetings/Minutes/2020-09-10-did-topic>



Of note:  this approach is totally valid under different standard bodies!  


Jonny 


> On Feb 14, 2022, at 4:37 PM, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:
> 
> On 2/14/22 4:15 PM, Dmitri Zagidulin wrote:
>> I don't think the new version of CBOR-LD has any component of, or relation
>> to, IPLD.
> 
> No version of CBOR-LD ever had any relation to IPLD. That doesn't mean IPLD
> couldn't be used in a CBOR-LD (or JSON-LD payload); it's just that there is no
> dependency.
> 
> Verifiable Credentials and DIDs do make heavy use of IPFS data models and
> protocols such as multibase, multihash, and multicodec. We do that largely
> because since those values are self-describing, we can take advantage of that
> fact in CBOR-LD and provide the maximum amount of binary compression possible.
> 
> In any case, CBOR-LD's only dependency is on JSON-LD. Here's a refresher for
> how it works anyone that's interested:
> 
> https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ksh-gUdjJJwDpdleasvs9aRXEmeRvqhkVWqeitx5ZAE/edit
> 
> -- manu
> 
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