Re: VCs at GS1

On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM Phil Archer <phil.archer@gs1.org> wrote:
> Following this work, GS1 is committed to taking small steps with VCs. Some of our GS1 Member Organisations (such as GS1 US, GS1 Netherlands and others) will be able to issue a VC proving that a GS1 identifier is licensed by a company we know. GS1 Global Office will act as a root of trust. This will be consistent with things like the UN Transparency Protocol.

Phil, this is fantastic news! Even a crawl is forward movement and we
are grateful to you, the team at GS1, and your industry for moving VCs
and DIDs forward. Knowing the sheer size and scale of GS1, I know that
this announcement was most likely years in the making.

I can confirm that other parts of the trade and supply chain world are
moving forward with DIDs and VCs and we can expect more announcements
of this sort over the coming months to years.

What concrete things can the communities CC'd on this email do to help
GS1 in this endeavor? Public examples, interop tests, integration with
vcplayground.org, threat models, documentation, extensions to existing
specifications? Once VCDM v2.0 is proposed as a global standard (next
few months), we'll be in the position to consider new work for the
next Verifiable Credentials WG Charter and DID Methods WG. How can we
sculpt that work to help your efforts?

-- manu

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Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/
Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
https://www.digitalbazaar.com/

Received on Wednesday, 12 February 2025 13:59:49 UTC