VC JOSE COSE Test Suite Ready for Implementation

Hi all,

Securing Verifiable Credentials using JOSE and COSE (and SD-JWT!) ( https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-jose-cose/ ) will be publishing a new CR on the 19th.

Aligned with this publication's normative statements is the VC JOSE COSE Test Suite ( https://w3c.github.io/vc-jose-cose-test-suite/ ) , which is now ready for broader implementation.

The README ( https://github.com/w3c/vc-jose-cose-test-suite/blob/main/README.md ) should be a good starting place for implementers. The suite outlines all testable normative statements and associated test cases in this README ( https://github.com/w3c/vc-jose-cose-test-suite/blob/main/tests/README.md ). The tests are run via Docker compose with a common CLI with input files (i.e. signed and unsigned credentials, presentations, verification methods) and associated options (i.e. SD-JWT disclosure paths, the feature to be tested). For each test run each implementation runs the given command ('issue' or 'verify') and writes to a designated output file, which is interpreted by the test runner.

I have added my own independent implementation here ( https://github.com/w3c/vc-jose-cose-test-suite/tree/main/implementations/independent ) , which is fully open source, and should be useful as a reference for other implementers.

I welcome feedback, changes and additions, and other implementers to begin contributing. Please do not hesitate to reach out to myself or the other editors for assistance.

Thank you,

Gabe