Verifiable Claim

Full Title or Meme

A Verifiable Claim is one that can be Validated by a signed statement from some recognized authority as to the nature of a linkage between Attributes and a Subject.

Context

• The Context in which a validation applies should be made clear by a policy statement from the validating authorities.
• The mission of the Verifiable Claims Working Group (VCWG) is to make expressing and exchanging credentials that have been verified by a third party easier and more secure on the Web.

Solution

• A Verifiable Claims Data Model and Representations document is under development by the W3C Verifiable Claims working group on this GitHub site.

Taxonomy of the spec

Name in spec	Name in Wiki	Definition
entity	n/a	A thing with distinct and independent existence such as a person, organization, concept, or device.
subject	subject	An entity about which claims may be made.
claim	attribute	A statement made by an entity about a subject.
verifiable claim		claim that is effectively tamper-proof and whose authorship can be cryptographically verified. Multiple claims may be bundled together into a set of claims.
List of required user attributes	always needed	proof of presence (for example)
List of requested user attributes	above and beyond the above	passport, drivers license
Privacy policy	URL	DOI or URN
Terms of use	URL	DOI or URN
Trusted Identifier	URN	TID:framework:LUID
Software in use		Determine the location's expected behavior
8	Contact information	structure(locale)	mailto: phone fax, etc.
9	Signature Type	fixed list	RSA2048 (for example)
10	Signature	hex value	134bbead23d908e0a3221bc

References

1. Synonyms include: Assurance Attested Corroborated.