Re: New SVG-based renderMethod examples in VC Playground

Is there a way to support selective disclosure?

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Alan Karp


On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 2:44 PM Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> We've added a few new Verifiable Credentials to the VC Playground to
> demonstrate what you can do with an embedded SVG-based renderMethod. All
> of these examples use SVG templates that are stored in the VC itself, and
> are populated from digitally signed data from within the VC (everything is
> self-contained in the VC -- no external resources). This is a complementary
> approach to the one demonstrated last week as a part of the Open
> Attestation Render Method.
>
> One of the benefits here is that the digital wallet or verifier that uses
> the information to render the document can be assured that what they are
> seeing is exactly what the issuer intended and all the rendering can be
> done client-side (with no need to contact a server, the issuer, or any
> external party).
>
> Another benefit is that the issuer can be assured that any digital wallet
> will be able to render the document as the issuer intended. Granted, the
> digital wallet or verifier can choose to NOT use the issuer's rendering
> template and do their own thing, but the key benefit in this case is that
> not every digital wallet needs to re-create a visual look and feel for
> every credential type that is stored in their wallet (which might be in the
> hundreds to thousands of different types in a mature ecosystem). This is
> the promise of render methods; to provide an issuer-supplied unified look
> and feel for all VCs.
>
> The new VCs we added to the VC Playground include a Driver's License:
>
> [image: image.png]
>
> A Certificate of Naturalization:
>
> [image: image.png]
>
> An Employment Authorization document:
> [image: image.png]
>
> and an Emergency Medical Technician card:
>
> [image: image.png]
>
> The images above are exactly how they look when they are rendered in a
> digital wallet or in a verifier application.
>
> You can try this out for yourself using the Demo Veres Wallet[1] and the
> VC Playground[2]. Once you have the VCs in your wallet, to view the
> renderings, click on the credential and then click on "Displays". You can
> make the rendering full screen using the Zoom icon:
> [image: image.png]
>
> A big shout out to Benjamin, James, Tyler, Dave Longley, Dave Lehn, and
> the rest of the team for getting these updates out to the VC Playground. We
> learned a lot in the process and there's still quite a bit that we'd like
> to improve, but we thought it would be better to get this out to the
> community instead of waiting for it to be perfect before we released it.
>
> If you have any questions, let us know. As always, we're happy to try to
> answer any questions that you might have.
>
> -- manu
>
> [1] https://demo.vereswallet.dev/
> [2] https://vcplayground.org/issuer
>
> --
> Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/
> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
> https://www.digitalbazaar.com/
>