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 from the spec

Name in spec	Name in Wiki	Definition
entity	in conflict	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, expressed in a standard, machine-readable data format which can also be extended with minimal coordination.
issuer	issuer	An entity that creates a verifiable claim, associates it with a particular subject, and transmits it to a holder. Examples of issuers include corporations, governments, and individuals.
inspector-verifier	Attribute Provider	An entity that receives one or more verifiable claims for processing. Examples of inspector-verifiers include employers, security personnel, and websites.
identifier registry	Identifier Provider	Mediates the creation and verification of subject identifiers. Examples of identifier registries include corporate employee databases, government ID databases, and distributed ledgers.
Terms of use	URL	DOI or URN
Trusted Identifier	URN	TID:framework:LUID
Software in use		Determine the location's expected behavior

Note that the term Identifier or Attribute Provider is used in this wiki as the distinction between identifiers and attributes is arbitrary and subject to interpretation.

References

1. Synonyms include: Assurance Attested Corroborated.