Verifiable Credentials Data Model 1.0: Expressing Verifiable Information on the Web

Abstract

Credentials�are a part of our daily lives; driver's licenses are used to assert that we are capable of operating a motor vehicle, university degrees can be used to assert our level of education, and government-issued passports enable us to travel between countries. This specification provides a mechanism to express these sorts of�credentials�on the Web in a way that is cryptographically secure, privacy respecting, and machine-verifiable.