RE: VCs at GS1

It's an interesting point, Adrian, and one that comes up in our discussions.

So much of the DID work is focused on privacy which is obviously not an important feature for inanimate objects.

@Manu - duly noted. Thank you.

Phil

On 12 February 2025 19:07, Adrian Gropper wrote:
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 <mailto:msporny@digitalbazaar.com> > wrote:


        On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM Phil Archer <phil.archer@gs1.org <mailto: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 <http://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

        --
        Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/

        Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
        https://www.digitalbazaar.com/


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