W3C Credentials Community Group Work Items

The following work items are managed by this group:

Registries

DID Methods Registry - A list of all known Decentralized Identifier Methods.
VC Status Method Registry - A list of all known Verifiable Credential Status Methods.
Linked Data Cryptographic Suite Registry - A list of all known Linked Data Cryptographic Suites.
Linked Data Key Format Registry - A list of known Linked Data Key Formats.

Decentralized Identifiers (DID) 1.0 - A decentralized, self-sovereign mechanism for creating and proving ownership over identifiers
DID Use Cases - Coordinate input and create a first draft use case document for input from the community.
Credential Handler API and Polyfill - Web browser extensions for verifiable credentials exchange.
Privacy & Security Requirements for Credentials Ecosystem
Engagement Model
Data Minimization & Selective Disclosure
Educational and Occupational Verifiable Credentials
Digital Verification Specifications - Digital Verification is a task force within the Credentials Community Group.
Object Capabilities for Linked Data
Document W3C-CCG Process
- Draft: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vj811aUbs8GwZUNo-LIFBHafsz4rZTSnRtPv7RQaqNc/edit#
- Needs:
  - Close of work item process
  - Community Report Process
- Note: lack of "Close of work item process" is blocking closing of other work items
Registries Process - Need spectext version
DID Engagement spreadsheet Lionel Wolberger and Adrian Gropper

The following specifications were incubated in this group and are now undergoing international standardization:

Verifiable Claims Use Cases 1.0 - Use Cases for claims that are cryptographically secure, privacy respecting, and automatically verifiable
Verifiable Claims Data Model 1.0 - A standard mechanism for expressing items such as driver's licenses, employee ID cards, proofs of age, and other sorts of claims in a way that is cryptographically secure, privacy respecting, and automatically verifiable.