Re: The German Government slams JSON-LD

On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 8:34 AM Lluís Alfons Ariño Martín
<lluisalfons.arino@urv.cat> wrote:
> But it is wrong that SD-JWT VC provides unlinkability. Wrong that JSON Schema can express what @context expresses. Wrong that @context is heavy semantic-web processing inside wallets. Wrong that BBS has been killed by regulation. And wrong that the choice is between JSON-LD inside credentials and semantics in rulebooks - because @context is the bridge between the two, not an alternative to either.

Lluís, that was a masterful response! You hit all the right points and
are, as far as I can tell, correct on all of them. Is there any chance
you could publish your response online somewhere, we should boost your
response as it effectively combats the misinformation. Same for your
post, Carsten, can we get it at a permanent link?

Carsten, thank you for pointing out that the EU, and even the "German
government", do use the very technologies that SPRIN-D employees are
arguing against.

It is frustrating that we keep having to push back on this
misinformation from SPRIN-D employees and OpenID Foundation members;
it's been going on for a while now, and it's really getting out of
hand. I continue to try to believe that it's not intentional, but the
fact that we've communicated these exact points to both SPRIN-D and
OpenID Foundation members multiple times over many years makes it
difficult to keep the faith.

The reality is that even though these "personal" blog posts and
communication from SPRIN-D employees cannot represent the German
government's views, they are absolutely being interpreted as such by
other government personnel. I do participate in US government agency
meetings and I can assure you that posts like the one that Lluís so
eloquently dismantled are being interpreted as the German government,
and the EU/EC's position.

That will not change until folks within the EU start pushing back on
the rhetoric, like Lluís and Carsten are doing, in a public way that
the rest of us can point to as counter-arguments that are coming from
within the EU.

-- manu

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Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
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Received on Friday, 27 February 2026 14:59:31 UTC