A term alternative to "verifiable credentials"..?

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A term alternative to "verifiable credentials"..? #2

Closed Sakurann closed 1 month ago

Sakurann commented 1 year ago

need a term that can be used to refer to both verifiable credentials and mdocs, that is not "Verifiable Credentials" some suggestions:

digital credentials
Electronic attestations of attributes
verifiable attestations

tlodderstedt commented 1 year ago

"Electronic attestations of attributes" sounds good. However in the eIDAS context is one category of credentials whereas the other one is called "Person Identification Data" - so EAA would not be perceived as term for all kinds of credentials. "verifiable attestations" to me sounds very much like EAA.

I think "digital credentials" is the best option.

PS: you know we will need to change the name of our spec family again once we pick a new term ;-). I'm fine with that, just stating the obvious.

Sakurann commented 1 month ago

closing since i think the ship has sailed. changing the spec name now will cause more confusion, and I think most of the people are wrapping their head around that verifiable credentials is meant to point to all credential formats used in issuer-wallet/holder-verifier model