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§ Abstract

§ Status of This Document

This is a draft specification being developed within the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF). Design work is ongoing, and participants are encouraged to open issues or otherwise contribute at the DIF-hosted github repository, whether as input to stable versions or as recommendations for future versions.

§ Terminology

Decentralized Identifiers: Unique ID URI string and PKI metadata document format for describing the cryptographic keys and other fundamental PKI values linked to a unique, user-controlled, self-sovereign identifier in a target system (i.e. blockchain, distributed ledger).
Claim: An assertion made about a Subject. Used as an umbrella term for Credential, Assertion, Attestation, etc.

§ Structure of this Document

§ Data Models

Credential Manifests are a resource format that defines preconditional requirements, Issuer style preferences, and other facets User Agents utilize to help articulate and select the inputs necessary for processing and issuance of a specified credential.

§ Other Sections…

§ Appendix

§ JSON Schemas

§ Examples

§ References

JSON Schema: JSON Schema: A Media Type for Describing JSON Documents. A. Wright, H. Andrews, B. Hutton, G. Dennis. Status: 28 January 2020. Status: Internet-Draft.

§ Patent Policy

The Decentralized Identity Foundation has adopted the W3C Patent Policy (2004), as detailed below:

Licensing Commitment. Each contributor agrees to make available any of its Essential Claims, as defined in the W3C Patent Policy (available at http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205), under the W3C RF licensing requirements Section 5 (http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205), as if the contribution was contained in or associated with a W3C Recommendation.
For Exclusion. Prior to committing any code, bug reports, pull requests, or other forms of contribution, a contributor may exclude Essential Claims from its licensing commitments under this agreement by providing written notice of that intent to DIF’s Executive Director (and must received confirmation of receipt for the exclusion to have effect). The Exclusion Notice for issued patents and published applications must include the patent number(s) or title and application number(s), as the case may be, for each of the issued patent(s) or pending patent application(s) that the contributor wishes to exclude from the licensing commitment set forth in Section 1 of this patent policy. If an issued patent or pending patent application that may contain Essential Claims is not set forth in the Exclusion Notice, those Essential Claims shall continue to be subject to the licensing commitments under this agreement. The Exclusion Notice for unpublished patent applications must provide either: (i) the text of the filed application; or (ii) identification of the specific part(s) of the contribution whose implementation makes the excluded claim an Essential Claim. If (ii) is chosen, the effect of the exclusion will be limited to the identified part(s) of the contribution. DIF’s Executive Director will publish Exclusion Notices.