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W3C Verifiable Credentials Working Group — VC Data Model and Representations specification
https://w3c.github.io/vc-data-model/
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Identifier Registry vs Claims Registry #114

Closed alexandermuehle closed 6 years ago

alexandermuehle commented 6 years ago

A number of other Self-Sovereign Identity systems utilise a claims registry while the VCWG ecosystem overview only includes an identifier registry. Has there been any discussion on this topic yet or was this a deliberate decision to limit the complexity of the model?

msporny commented 6 years ago

A number of other Self-Sovereign Identity systems utilise a claims registry while the VCWG ecosystem overview only includes an identifier registry.

It is a deliberate decision to limit the complexity of the model. You can build claims registries on top of the data model (there is nothing preventing it, and we expect some people to do it -- on private sites, on public sites, on blockchains, etc.).

If you think that the data model prevents claims registries in any way, that would be a problem. Do you think the data model limits claims registries in any way?