- From: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 08:54:48 -0400
- To: Benjamin Goering <bengoering@gmail.com>
- Cc: Christopher Allen <ChristopherA@lifewithalacrity.com>, W3C Credentials CG <public-credentials@w3.org>
On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM Benjamin Goering <bengoering@gmail.com> wrote: > 📿 could zcap-spec be on the priority list? It's currently not on the priority list because there is nowhere for it to land at W3C. What we really need to do is refactor the W3C WGs and move some specs around, perhaps in this way: W3C Censorship Resistant Technologies WG: * DID/CID and DID Resolution specifications * Data Integrity specifications * Decentralized storage specifications (Encrypted Data Vaults and Wallet Attached Storage) * Authorization Capabilities (ZCAPs) W3C Verifiable Credentials WG: * Verifiable Credentials Data Model * Status list specifications * Render method, confidence method, refresh, etc. * VC Barcodes and Wireless * Verifiable Issuers/Verifiers * VC API for Lifecycle Management In order to do that, though, we need a coalition of organizations to agitate for that change... and we need more people stepping up to do the work. 2-3 people, without organizational backing, that want to do ZCAPs isn't going to cut it. We (Digital Bazaar) are very supportive of ZCAPs and want to see the work standardized. The technology is built into all of our products and we shipped it in production years ago. We have also talked w/ Bengo and Dmitri on how we could change the spec to finalize it and put it on the global standards track. Involving the DIF AI Agents group would be good to help build momentum. I'm happy to agitate for this change at W3C TPAC this year with W3C Staff and Management... but we'd need more than a handful of individuals to do so. -- manu -- Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/ Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. https://www.digitalbazaar.com/
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