Response to GSMA from the W3C

Dear Brent,

Thank you for finding time during the TPAC meeting to discuss the GSMA
liaison request. Since I was on the queue to speak when the meeting
closed, I shall instead write my thoughts below.

The GSMA's offer for collaboration in our BBS-based data integrity
specification is a significant vote of confidence in the ability of
Verifiable Credentials to provide the desired privacy enhancements for
the EU's Digital Identity programme. The resources that will become
available to the VCWG from this collaboration are to be considerable.

I believe it would be appropriate for the VCWG to collaboratively form a
response for you to send, as this will give us the opportunity to
present the diversity of expertise that we possess as a group, and as a
result will best communicate to the GSMA which of our participants are
able to inform them in specific areas of interest. Considering the
saturation of our available meeting time, I suggest a CryptPad or GitHub
document could be used for this purpose in order to conclude such
drafting efficiently.

Additionally, as a European myself and a keen advocate of the
Self-Sovereign Identity efforts, I would like to volunteer myself as an
individual who will be able to help guide their collaboration in a way
which is effective between the stakeholders (in this case, primarily the
W3C, IETF, GSMA, European Commission and of course the citizens and
residents of Europe who stand to benefit from this work). I would be
grateful if you could include my offer directly in your correspondence
with the GSMA's contacts.

Best wishes,

Sebastian

Received on Friday, 15 September 2023 16:22:05 UTC