I objected to the VC-API early and often. I thought I was alone. Adrian On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 6:19 PM Daniel Hardman <daniel.hardman@gmail.com> wrote: > I'll also note, and this is probably completely unrelated :P, that >> both Microsoft and MATTR are working on APIs related to Verifiable >> Credential issuance and presentation in the OpenID Foundation and that >> might be factoring into these objections: >> >> >> https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-4-verifiable-credential-issuance-1_0-05.html >> >> Nah, that couldn't be it. :P >> > > For the record, I object as well, and I am NOT working on APIs related to > VC issuance. However, my objections to this API work were raised a couple > years ago, two employers aago, so they're not news, and I don't expect them > to make any difference now. I'm just bringing them up so that the record > doesn't show objections only from MATTR and Microsoft. > > The fact is that, although such a document is non-normative, it gets > bundled with normative items in the minds of many, and the normative > distinction is unlikely to be emphasized by VC-API proponents in their > narratives. Publishing such a note is thus a political move by its > proponents. The fact that opponents react politically is not surprising and > doesn't mean their motives are any less noble than its proponents. > Proponents are working on APIs related to VC issuance -- these -- and very > much want their APIs to be painted with an official W3C brush. > > --Daniel > > >
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