Overview of VC / DID / JSON-LD Interoperability Plug Fest
Overview of VC / DID / JSON-LD Interoperability Plug Fest
Thursday 20A
Convener: Anil John
Notes-taker(s): Melanie Nuce
Tags for the session - technology discussed/ideas considered: multi-vendor interoperability, DIDs, VCs, standards
Discussion notes, key understandings, outstanding questions, observations, and, if appropriate to this discussion: action items, next steps:
US Department of Homeland Security Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP)
- http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-credentials/2020Apr/0198.html
- Not an R&D program; goal is to incubate projects that will eventually be implemented by Government Agencies in production
Solutions to prevent forgery and counterfeiting of certificates and licenses Goal is to move paper-based processes to interoperable digital processes Focused on:
- Issuance, validation and verification of certificates licenses and attestations
- Storage and management of certificates, licenses and attestations
- Consolidate decentralized and derived PIV credentials
Security, privacy and interoperability: foundational principles; leveraging open APIs Projects to incorporate (as much as possible) the following components from W3C: DIDs, VCs, JSON-LD Product Focus Areas:
- Raw Material Imports (Timber, Steel, Oil)
- Permanent Resident Card (digital issuance)
Why are DIDs important to this process: DIDs provide assertion of sameness (prove you are talking to the same person) All participants must prove interoperability across multiple implementations It is not enough to “talk about” interoperability; you have to DO IT Interoperability levels being assessed
- Wallet
- Issuer
- Verifier
Challenges to demonstrating interoperability
- Tension between “interop” vs. one-way of doing something; the difference is whether multiple companies can utilize a set of tools vs. just one
- For example, use of CHAPI (Credential Handler API) test plan, which has been extremely helpful
Work going on to support Zero Knowledge Proofs across multiple implementations (Tobias and Kyle were mentioned) DHS looking for a competitive ecosystem of diverse solution providers Critical to build on top of an interoperable framework, no matter what platform each company chooses Interoperability should not be underestimated SVIP has been a great forcing function to drive the priority There is a potential to test interoperability between companies in the SVIP cohort and those that are outside. DHS to confer with cohort participants to determine feasibility
