Re: Invitation to provide input into the Canadian National Technical Specification for Digital Credentials and Digital Trust Services that was released for public review from January 9th to 27th, 2023

Thank you for sharing Paul!

Community,
Given the time sensitive nature of this item, and the limited time to
provide comments and feedback, we will be setting aside time for a special
topic call on Monday at 4pm ET using the https://meet.w3c-ccg.org/weekly
meeting link.  Harrison will be sending a formal announcement of this
meeting later today to the list.  Please do share with any who have
interest and input as this is a potentially regulatory impacting item with
security and privacy concerns.

Mike Prorock
CTO, Founder
https://mesur.io/



On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 11:07 AM Jackson, Paul <Paul.Jackson@tbs-sct.gc.ca>
wrote:

> UNCLASSIFIED / NON CLASSIFIÉ
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> Hello, I am from the Government of Canada’s Digital Credential Program at
> the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. My team and I are very interested
> in participating in this community as we have been engaging in a lot of
> work related to digital credentials (which is a technology agnostic term we
> are using to refer to multiple digital wallet/holder-based approaches,
> including W3C Verifiable Credentials and mDL). As part of this, we would
> like to invite you to participate in the Canadian standards development for
> digital credentials and digital trust services, in particular seeking your
> input into the National Technical Specification for Digital Credentials and
> Digital Trust Services that was released for public review from January 9
> th to 27th, 2023. This is part of a four-phase project focused on
> establishing a National Standard of Canada and a full-scale conformity
> assessment program that are aligned with international best practices. This
> project has the following goals:
>
>    - Ensuring digital credentials and digital trust services are
>    interoperable, so they can be seamlessly used across Canada and with
>    trading partners;
>    - Making it easier for individuals and organizations to know which
>    digital credentials and digital trust services they can trust;
>    - Enabling individuals and organizations to use the trusted wallet of
>    their choice across Canada and with trading partners; and
>    - Enabling innovation and fair competition in the digital credentials
>    space.
>
>
>
> This project is taking an iterative approach to the standards development
> process, starting with the National Technical Specification, and moving
> next to a Prototype Accreditation Program that will test the requirements
> through a pilot certification process in Spring/Summer 2023 with
> certification bodies and developers of digital credentials and digital
> trust services. Here is the news release for the public review of the
> National Technical Specification:
> https://ciostrategycouncil.com/cio-strategy-council-launches-public-review-on-national-technical-specification-for-digital-credentials-and-digital-trust-services/
> <https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fciostrategycouncil.com%2Fcio-strategy-council-launches-public-review-on-national-technical-specification-for-digital-credentials-and-digital-trust-services%2F&data=05%7C01%7CPaul.Jackson%40tbs-sct.gc.ca%7Cc28ff9d1e7cd4f6edcfc08daf3131476%7C6397df10459540479c4f03311282152b%7C0%7C0%7C638089560661148562%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ewbP4MgNXG%2FHyDQW6RrBvDoADiH5jiGdTfzz34%2FGCSI%3D&reserved=0>.
> The results of both the public review and the pilot testing would then be
> used to develop a National Standard of Canada. Here is an overview of the
> overall project: https://www.scc.ca/en/flagship/digital-credentials.
>
>
>
> The actual National Technical Specification itself can be found here:
> https://ciostrategycouncil.com/standards/find-a-standard/standards-in-digital-credentials/digital-credentials/
> <https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fciostrategycouncil.com%2Fstandards%2Ffind-a-standard%2Fstandards-in-digital-credentials%2Fdigital-credentials%2F&data=05%7C01%7CPaul.Jackson%40tbs-sct.gc.ca%7Cc28ff9d1e7cd4f6edcfc08daf3131476%7C6397df10459540479c4f03311282152b%7C0%7C0%7C638089560661148562%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=FhCsxZ4RBi6WcBx%2B5SsfXEKV0oRPIgzwBemC6eERpc4%3D&reserved=0>.
> We welcome any feedback you may have on this National Technical
> Specification, as the goal is to work towards alignment across Canada, and
> with trading partners, on interoperability and mutual support for digital
> credentials. The intention is for this National Technical Specification to
> be technology agnostic, so that it could support at minimum Verifiable
> Credentials and mDL. If you are interested in providing comments, they can
> be provided by clicking on the area of the document where you want to
> provide feedback and then by filling out the small comment form.
>
>
>
> Thank you and looking forward to working with you through the W3C
> Credentials Community Group,
>
>
>
> Paul Jackson
>
> (he | him / il | lui)
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>
>
> Director, Technology and Innovation
>
> Office of the Chief Information Officer
>
> Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat / Government of Canada
>
> Paul.Jackson@tbs-sct.gc.ca / Tel: 613-791-7902
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>
>
> Directeur, Technologie et innovation
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> Bureau du dirigeant principal de l’information
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> Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
>
> Paul.Jackson@tbs-sct.gc.ca / Tél : 613-791-7902
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