David Chadwick

Just a passing thought. We have a type property for the VP. Currently no types other than VerifiablePresentation are defined. We could define different types of VP that say how...

The fact that the VCDM does not define timestamps for VPs does not mean that they cannot have them, as VPs are as infinitely extensible as VCs. Our implementation has...

I suggest appending to the text to say "to determine whether or not a provided verifiable credential or verifiable presentation is appropriate for the application use case"

On 14/12/2020 09:31, Rieks wrote: > > There are lots of use-cases in which a VC that contains claims about > different subjects is to be used in situations where...

I completely agree with your example. This is called Power of Attorney in the UK. The person in a coma (called the donor in the UK) has an identity (note,...

Have you ever applied for PoA in the UK? I have, so I am familiar with the financial PoA application and use, but not with the health PoA, as they...

The converse is also true. VCs have no dependency on ZCAPs and do not need ZCAPs in order to be used for authorisation purposes. VCs (and their physical equivalents) are...

Identities are authorisations today. You use your age to buy alcohol. You use your driving license to hire a car. You don't need a ZCAPs for any of these. ZCAPs...

The VC data model is open. Any property can be assigned to a subject ID by the issuer. So an issuer can assign a capability attribute to a subject ID...

We have been round this one many times, and the reason it was changed from claims is that the ID is not the iD of the claim, but the ID...