Re: Call for Consensus: FPWD of Digital Credentials API spec

Hearing strong objections to publication of the FPWD at this stage, this call does not have consensus. Thanks to both of you for documenting your concerns and helping the group to work through them. We also recognize the interest in timely publication. Addressing the Formal Objection introduces additional complexity to the DC API spec. However, given the importance of resolving this and the urgency of progressing the specification, we are proposing the following approach:

We will reach out to Johann and Nick, who have volunteered to work on text for the privacy considerations section, to determine what they consider a reasonable timeframe for drafting proposed text to address the concerns raised, ideally within the next four weeks. Once the draft text is available, we will ask the editors to review and respond within one week.
Provided there are no outstanding concerns at that point, we will re-issue a Call for Consensus (CfC) to publish the First Public Working Draft (FPWD), incorporating the updated material.

In the meantime, there is still plenty of work to do. If you ware interested in working on the security and privacy sections, please dive in!

Heather Flanagan (she/hers)
Principal, Spherical Cow Consulting
 hlf@sphericalcowconsulting.com
 sphericalcowconsulting.com


On May 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM -0700, Wendy Seltzer <wendy@seltzer.org>, wrote:
> Hi FedID WG,
>
> Following our WG hybrid meeting[1] and further issue resolution, we're
> calling for a consensus to publish the editor's draft dated 5 May [2],
> https://w3c-fedid.github.io/digital-credentials/
> as First Public Working Draft of the Digital Credentials API. FPWD does
> not mean all issues are resolved, but gives us a stable reference from
> which to engage with outside groups for horizontal review.
>
> If we hear no objections by 19 May, one week from today, we will take
> that as consensus to publish the FPWD.
>
> We also propose that once the FPWD is published, we will enable
> auto-publication of Editors' Drafts.
>
> Please raise any questions or comments on this CfC by 19 May.
>
> Thank you,
> --Wendy, FedID co-chair
>
> [1]
> https://github.com/w3c-fedid/meetings/blob/main/2025/2025-04-11-hybrid-notes.md
>
> [2]
> https://github.com/w3c-fedid/digital-credentials/blob/1544b64f0f7231373bfa6991dab3806f5e3cec36/index.html
>
>
> --
> Wendy Seltzer -- wendy@seltzer.org +1 617.863.0613
> https://wendy.seltzer.org/
>
>