- From: Taylor Kendal <taylor@learningeconomy.io>
- Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 09:49:52 -0600
- To: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
- Cc: W3C Credentials CG <public-credentials@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CA+xGRYL72hHL_C+wiHjgzKo5kmSStZTU4Pr573LkxN9u+FFnFQ@mail.gmail.com>
Encouraging signal... thanks, Manu. I can appreciate the sentiment: *don't read into it but good luck not reading into it *:) For those feeling democratically compelled, I recommend submitting a public comment before Oct 16 (mine was just the 7th). On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 8:00 AM Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote: > Hey CCG'ers (BCC: VCWG), > > TSA published an interesting notice in the US Federal Register > concerning digital identity document acceptance for travel, and it > mentions W3C VCs and DIDs directly. > > > https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/30/2023-18582/minimum-standards-for-drivers-licenses-and-identification-cards-acceptable-by-federal-agencies-for > > Some excerpts of note: > > """ > While TSA is not proposing to IBR these W3C standards in this NPRM, > TSA understands that W3C is developing two standards concerning > digital identification that, like the ISO/IEC Series of standards > discussed above, may be relevant to the Phase 2 rulemaking. The W3C > standards are “Verifiable Credentials Data Model v1.1” (VCDM v1.1) and > “Decentralized Identifiers v1.0” (DID v1.0). Verifiable Credentials > Data Model v1.1 (March 3, 2022), available at > www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model/; Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.0 > (July 19, 2022), available at www.w3.org/TR/did-core/. > """ > > ... and more further on... > > """ > In addition, given the breadth of the VCDM and DID, it may be possible > in the future to develop a VCDM-based mDL that conforms to both W3C > recommendations and the ISO/IEC standards simultaneously, providing > full ecosystem interoperability. > """ > > Many of the concerns raised are things we're actively working on in > the VCWG today. It's good that this came out now, as it allows the > VCWG to react to some of the commentary. > > The acknowledgement of our work here by an organization that has been > solely focused on ISO mDL, and is now outlining how W3C VCs and DIDs > could play a part in federal rulemaking, is a significant change; > careful not to read too much into it -- but at the same time, it's > difficult to not read a lot into it... :) > > -- manu > > -- > Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/ > Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. > https://www.digitalbazaar.com/ > >
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