Re: VCs at GS1

In the positive spirit of this thread and our desire to drive adoption of
DIDs and VCs, wouldn't it make sense to clearly and intentionally separate
work on use-cases like GS1 and use-cases that have human subjects?

Adrian

On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
wrote:

> 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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> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
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