Call for Participation: Verifiable Credentials Working Group Charter approved; Join the VCWG

Dear members of the Verifiable Credentials Working Group,

I'm relaying the following announcement that was sent to W3C Advisory 
Committee Representative earlier today, to notify the group of the new 
charter approval and call for participation.

With kind regards,
Xueyuan Jia, Manager, Member Communications

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject:  Call for Participation: Verifiable Credentials Working Group 
Charter approved; Join the VCWG
Date:  Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:30:42 +0800
From:  Xueyuan Jia <xueyuan@w3.org>
To:  w3c-ac-members@w3.org


Dear Advisory Committee Representative,
[This announcement will be forwarded to W3C group chairs]

W3C is pleased to announce the approval of the renewed charter for the 
Verifiable Credentials Working Group:
https://www.w3.org/2026/03/vc-wg-charter.html

This group is chartered until 31 March 2028.

The mission of the Verifiable Credentials Working Group is to support 
the verifiable credentials ecosystem by maintaining existing 
specifications and adding new functionalities that supports desired 
ecosystem use cases.

Use the following form to have your organization join the group. The 
form will also instruct you how to nominate participants:
https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/vc/join

Please consider diversity when proposing people to participate in W3C 
groups. Representation from a wider group of people, especially people 
from under-represented groups, is vital for creating web standards that 
meet the needs of the wider web community.

If your organization is currently in the group, please note that you 
will need to have it re-join the group as the new charter adds new 
deliverables with licensing obligations under the W3C Patent Policy. 
This Call for Participation triggers the start of the 45 days grace 
period. See:
https://www.w3.org/2020/09/15-pp-faq.html#recharter

The Working Group chairs are Phil Archer (GS1) and Brent Zundel 
(Yubico). The Staff Contact is Ivan Herman for a total of 0.20 FTE.

More information on the Verifiable Credentials Working Group can be 
found on its homepage:
https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/vc/

The group plans to have its face-to-face meeting on 2-4 June 2026, in 
Brussels, Belgium.

[...]

This announcement follows section 5.7.2 of the W3C Process Document:
https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/#ACReviewAfter

and the Call for Participation follows section 4.5 of the W3C Process 
Document:
https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/#cfp

Thank you,

For Philippe Le Hegaret, VP, Technical Strategy;
Ivan Herman, Staff Contact for the Verifiable Credentials Working Group;
Xueyuan Jia, Manager, Member Communications