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Internet TODO Working Group security openid sd-jwt This specification describes data formats as well as validation and processing rules to express Verifiable Credentials with JSON payload based on the SD-JWT format .

Introduction

Three-Party-Model In the so-called Three-Party-Model, Issuers issue Verifiable Credentials to a Holder, who can then present the Verifiable Credentials to Verifiers. Verifiable Credentials are cryptographically signed statements about a Subject, typically the Holder.

Three-Party-Model with optional Status Provider +------------+ | | | Issuer | | | +------------+ | Issues Verifiable Credential | v +------------+ | | | Holder | | | +------------+ | Presents Verifiable Credential | v +-------------+ | |+ +------------+ | Verifiers ||+ | Status | | |||----- optionally ------->| Provider | +-------------+|| retrieve status of | | +-------------+| Verifiable Credential +------------+ +-------------+

Verifiers can check the authenticity of the data in the Verifiable Credentials and optionally enforce Holder Binding, i.e., ask the Holder to prove that they are the intended holder of the Verifiable Credential, for example, by proving possession of a cryptographic key referenced in the credential. This process is further described in . To support revocation of Verifiable Credentials, an optional fourth party can be involved, a Status Provider, who delivers revocation information to Verifiers. (The Verifier can also serve as the Status Provider.) This specification defines Verifiable Credentials based on the SD-JWT format with a JWT Claim Set.

Rationale JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) can in principle be used to express Verifiable Credentials in a way that is easy to understand and process as it builds upon established web primitives. While JWT-based credentials enable selective disclosure, i.e., the ability for a Holder to disclose only a subset of the contained claims, in an Identity Provider ecosystem by issuing new JWTs to the Verifier for every presentation, this approach does not work in the three-party-model. Selective Disclosure JWT (SD-JWT) is a specification that introduces conventions to support selective disclosure for JWTs: For an SD-JWT document, a Holder can decide which claims to release (within bounds defined by the Issuer). This format is therefore perfectly suited for Verifiable Credentials. SD-JWT itself does not define the claims that must be used within the payload or their semantics. This specification therefore defines how Verifiable Credentials can be expressed using SD-JWT. JWTs (and SD-JWTs) can contain claims that are registered in "JSON Web Token Claims" registry as defined in , as well as public and private claims. Private claims are not relevant for this specification due to the openness of the three-party-model. Since SD-JWTs are based on JWTs, this specification aims to express the basic Verifiable Credential data model purely through JWT Claim Sets, using registered claims while allowing Issuers to use additional registered claims, as well as new or existing public claims, to make statements about the Subject of the Verifiable Credential.

Requirements Notation and Conventions The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 .

Terms and Definitions This specification uses the terms "Holder", "Issuer", "Verifier", defined by .

Verifiable Credential (VC):

An Issuer-signed attestation with claims about a Subject whose authenticity can be cryptographically verified.

SD-JWT-based Verifiable Credential (SD-JWT VC):

A Verifiable Credential encoded using the Issuance format defined in .

Unsecured payload of an SD-JWT VC:

A JSON object containing all selectively disclosable and non-selectively disclosable claims of the SD-JWT VC. The unsecured payload acts as the input JSON object to issue an SD-JWT VC complying to this specification.

Status Provider:

An entity that provides status information (e.g. revocation) about a Verifiable Credential.

Scope

• This specification defines
  • Data model and media types for Verifiable Credentials based on SD-JWTs.
  • Validation and processing rules for Verifiers and Holders.

Use Cases TBD: explain use cases of the three-party-model. TBD: conventional crypt, hardware security, hsm, mobile secure area, compliance with FIPS

Verifiable Credentials based on SD-JWT This section defines encoding, validation and processing rules for SD-JWT VCs.

Media Type SD-JWT VCs compliant with this specification MUST use the media type application/vc+sd-jwt as defined in .

Data Format SD-JWT VCs MUST be encoded using the SD-JWT Combined Format for Issuance as defined in Section 5.3. of . SD-JWT VCs MUST contain all Disclosures corresponding to their SD-JWT component except for Decoy Digests as per Section 5.1.1.3. of .

Header Parameters This section defines JWT header parameters for the SD-JWT component of the SD-JWT VC. The typ header parameter of the SD-JWT MUST be present. The typ value MUST use vc+sd-jwt. This indicates that the payload of the SD-JWT contains plain JSON and follows the rules as defined in this specification. It further indicates that the SD-JWT is a SD-JWT component of a SD-JWT VC. The following is a non-normative example of a decoded SD-JWT header: { "alg": "ES256", "typ": "vc+sd-jwt" }

Claims This section defines the claims that can be included in the payload of SD-JWT VCs.

type claim This specification defines the JWT claim type. The type claim is used to express the type of the JSON object that is secured by the JWT. The type value MUST be a case-sensitive StringOrURI value. The following is a non-normative example of how type is used to express a type: { "type": "SomeType" }

Registered JWT Claims SD-JWT VCs MAY use any claim registered in the "JSON Web Token Claims" registry as defined in . If present, the following registered JWT claims MUST be included in the SD-JWT and MUST NOT be included in the Disclosures, i.e. cannot be selectively disclosed:

• iss
  • REQUIRED. The Issuer of the Verifiable Credential. The value of iss MUST be a URI. See for more information.
• iat
  • REQUIRED. The time of issuance of the Verifiable Credential. See for more information.
• nbf
  • OPTIONAL. The time before which the Verifiable Credential MUST NOT be accepted before validating. See for more information.
• exp
  • OPTIONAL. The expiry time of the Verifiable Credential after which the Verifiable Credential is no longer valid. See for more information.
• cnf
  • REQUIRED when Cryptographic Holder Binding is to be supported. Contains the confirmation method as defined in . It SHOULD contain a JWK as defined in Section 3.2 of and in this case, the kid (Key ID) member MUST be present in the JWK. For Cryptographic Holder Binding, the Holder Binding JWT in the Combined Format for Presentation MUST be signed by the key identified in this claim.
• type
  • REQUIRED. The type of the Verifiable Credential, e.g., IdentityCredential, as defined in .
• status
  • OPTIONAL. The information on how to read the status of the Verifiable Credential. See [TBD] for more information.

The following registered JWT claims MAY be contained in the SD-JWT or in the Disclosures and MAY be selectively disclosed:

• sub
  • OPTIONAL. The identifier of the Subject of the Verifiable Credential. The value of sub MUST be a URI. The Issuer MAY use it to provide the Subject identifier known by the Issuer. There is no requirement for a binding to exist between sub and cnf claims.

Public JWT claims Additional public claims MAY be used in SD-JWT VCs depending on the application.

Example The following is a non-normative example of an unsecured payload of an SD-JWT VC. { "type": "IdentityCredential", "given_name": "John", "family_name": "Doe", "email": "johndoe@example.com", "phone_number": "+1-202-555-0101", "address": { "street_address": "123 Main St", "locality": "Anytown", "region": "Anystate", "country": "US" }, "birthdate": "1940-01-01", "is_over_18": true, "is_over_21": true, "is_over_65": true } The following is a non-normative example of how the unsecured payload of the SD-JWT VC above can be used in a SD-JWT where the resulting SD-JWT VC contains only claims about the Subject that are selectively disclosable: { "_sd": [ "09vKrJMOlyTWM0sjpu_pdOBVBQ2M1y3KhpH515nXkpY", "2rsjGbaC0ky8mT0pJrPioWTq0_daw1sX76poUlgCwbI", "EkO8dhW0dHEJbvUHlE_VCeuC9uRELOieLZhh7XbUTtA", "IlDzIKeiZdDwpqpK6ZfbyphFvz5FgnWa-sN6wqQXCiw", "JzYjH4svliH0R3PyEMfeZu6Jt69u5qehZo7F7EPYlSE", "PorFbpKuVu6xymJagvkFsFXAbRoc2JGlAUA2BA4o7cI", "TGf4oLbgwd5JQaHyKVQZU9UdGE0w5rtDsrZzfUaomLo", "jdrTE8YcbY4EifugihiAe_BPekxJQZICeiUQwY9QqxI", "jsu9yVulwQQlhFlM_3JlzMaSFzglhQG0DpfayQwLUK4" ], "iss": "https://example.com/issuer", "iat": 1683000000, "exp": 1883000000, "type": "IdentityCredential", "_sd_alg": "sha-256", "cnf": { "jwk": { "kty": "EC", "crv": "P-256", "x": "TCAER19Zvu3OHF4j4W4vfSVoHIP1ILilDls7vCeGemc", "y": "ZxjiWWbZMQGHVWKVQ4hbSIirsVfuecCE6t4jT9F2HZQ" } } } Note that a cnf claim has been added to the SD-JWT payload to express the confirmation method of the holder binding. The following are the Disclosures belonging to the SD-JWT payload above: Claim given_name:

• SHA-256 Hash: jsu9yVulwQQlhFlM_3JlzMaSFzglhQG0DpfayQwLUK4
• Disclosure:
  WyIyR0xDNDJzS1F2ZUNmR2ZyeU5STjl3IiwgImdpdmVuX25hbWUiLCAiSm9o
  biJd
• Contents: ["2GLC42sKQveCfGfryNRN9w", "given_name", "John"]

Claim family_name:

• SHA-256 Hash: TGf4oLbgwd5JQaHyKVQZU9UdGE0w5rtDsrZzfUaomLo
• Disclosure:
  WyJlbHVWNU9nM2dTTklJOEVZbnN4QV9BIiwgImZhbWlseV9uYW1lIiwgIkRv
  ZSJd
• Contents: ["eluV5Og3gSNII8EYnsxA_A", "family_name", "Doe"]

Claim email:

• SHA-256 Hash: JzYjH4svliH0R3PyEMfeZu6Jt69u5qehZo7F7EPYlSE
• Disclosure:
  WyI2SWo3dE0tYTVpVlBHYm9TNXRtdlZBIiwgImVtYWlsIiwgImpvaG5kb2VA
  ZXhhbXBsZS5jb20iXQ
• Contents: ["6Ij7tM-a5iVPGboS5tmvVA", "email", "johndoe@example.com"]

Claim phone_number:

• SHA-256 Hash: PorFbpKuVu6xymJagvkFsFXAbRoc2JGlAUA2BA4o7cI
• Disclosure:
  WyJlSThaV205UW5LUHBOUGVOZW5IZGhRIiwgInBob25lX251bWJlciIsICIr
  MS0yMDItNTU1LTAxMDEiXQ
• Contents: ["eI8ZWm9QnKPpNPeNenHdhQ", "phone_number",
  "+1-202-555-0101"]

Claim address:

• SHA-256 Hash: IlDzIKeiZdDwpqpK6ZfbyphFvz5FgnWa-sN6wqQXCiw
• Disclosure:
  WyJRZ19PNjR6cUF4ZTQxMmExMDhpcm9BIiwgImFkZHJlc3MiLCB7InN0cmVl
  dF9hZGRyZXNzIjogIjEyMyBNYWluIFN0IiwgImxvY2FsaXR5IjogIkFueXRv
  d24iLCAicmVnaW9uIjogIkFueXN0YXRlIiwgImNvdW50cnkiOiAiVVMifV0
• Contents: ["Qg_O64zqAxe412a108iroA", "address", {"street_address":
  "123 Main St", "locality": "Anytown", "region": "Anystate",
  "country": "US"}]

Claim birthdate:

• SHA-256 Hash: jdrTE8YcbY4EifugihiAe_BPekxJQZICeiUQwY9QqxI
• Disclosure:
  WyJBSngtMDk1VlBycFR0TjRRTU9xUk9BIiwgImJpcnRoZGF0ZSIsICIxOTQw
  LTAxLTAxIl0
• Contents: ["AJx-095VPrpTtN4QMOqROA", "birthdate", "1940-01-01"]

Claim is_over_18:

• SHA-256 Hash: 09vKrJMOlyTWM0sjpu_pdOBVBQ2M1y3KhpH515nXkpY
• Disclosure:
  WyJQYzMzSk0yTGNoY1VfbEhnZ3ZfdWZRIiwgImlzX292ZXJfMTgiLCB0cnVl
  XQ
• Contents: ["Pc33JM2LchcU_lHggv_ufQ", "is_over_18", true]

Claim is_over_21:

• SHA-256 Hash: 2rsjGbaC0ky8mT0pJrPioWTq0_daw1sX76poUlgCwbI
• Disclosure:
  WyJHMDJOU3JRZmpGWFE3SW8wOXN5YWpBIiwgImlzX292ZXJfMjEiLCB0cnVl
  XQ
• Contents: ["G02NSrQfjFXQ7Io09syajA", "is_over_21", true]

Claim is_over_65:

• SHA-256 Hash: EkO8dhW0dHEJbvUHlE_VCeuC9uRELOieLZhh7XbUTtA
• Disclosure:
  WyJsa2x4RjVqTVlsR1RQVW92TU5JdkNBIiwgImlzX292ZXJfNjUiLCB0cnVl
  XQ
• Contents: ["lklxF5jMYlGTPUovMNIvCA", "is_over_65", true]

The SD-JWT and the Disclosures would then be serialized by the Issuer into the following format for issuance to the Holder: eyJhbGciOiAiRVMyNTYifQ.eyJfc2QiOiBbIjA5dktySk1PbHlUV00wc2pwdV9wZE9CV kJRMk0xeTNLaHBINTE1blhrcFkiLCAiMnJzakdiYUMwa3k4bVQwcEpyUGlvV1RxMF9kY Xcxc1g3NnBvVWxnQ3diSSIsICJFa084ZGhXMGRIRUpidlVIbEVfVkNldUM5dVJFTE9pZ UxaaGg3WGJVVHRBIiwgIklsRHpJS2VpWmREd3BxcEs2WmZieXBoRnZ6NUZnbldhLXNON ndxUVhDaXciLCAiSnpZakg0c3ZsaUgwUjNQeUVNZmVadTZKdDY5dTVxZWhabzdGN0VQW WxTRSIsICJQb3JGYnBLdVZ1Nnh5bUphZ3ZrRnNGWEFiUm9jMkpHbEFVQTJCQTRvN2NJI iwgIlRHZjRvTGJnd2Q1SlFhSHlLVlFaVTlVZEdFMHc1cnREc3JaemZVYW9tTG8iLCAia mRyVEU4WWNiWTRFaWZ1Z2loaUFlX0JQZWt4SlFaSUNlaVVRd1k5UXF4SSIsICJqc3U5e VZ1bHdRUWxoRmxNXzNKbHpNYVNGemdsaFFHMERwZmF5UXdMVUs0Il0sICJpc3MiOiAia HR0cHM6Ly9leGFtcGxlLmNvbS9pc3N1ZXIiLCAiaWF0IjogMTY4MzAwMDAwMCwgImV4c CI6IDE4ODMwMDAwMDAsICJ0eXBlIjogIklkZW50aXR5Q3JlZGVudGlhbCIsICJfc2RfY WxnIjogInNoYS0yNTYiLCAiY25mIjogeyJqd2siOiB7Imt0eSI6ICJFQyIsICJjcnYiO iAiUC0yNTYiLCAieCI6ICJUQ0FFUjE5WnZ1M09IRjRqNFc0dmZTVm9ISVAxSUxpbERsc zd2Q2VHZW1jIiwgInkiOiAiWnhqaVdXYlpNUUdIVldLVlE0aGJTSWlyc1ZmdWVjQ0U2d DRqVDlGMkhaUSJ9fX0.Z_K7Pjg3MCc0puGg8-81StpUxS8Nw1oi3T-vK-UApbGdt9KTF wqvdOAbdtc9Fai_Sc29EEhgOG-34NIybS3udw~WyIyR0xDNDJzS1F2ZUNmR2ZyeU5STj l3IiwgImdpdmVuX25hbWUiLCAiSm9obiJd~WyJlbHVWNU9nM2dTTklJOEVZbnN4QV9BI iwgImZhbWlseV9uYW1lIiwgIkRvZSJd~WyI2SWo3dE0tYTVpVlBHYm9TNXRtdlZBIiwg ImVtYWlsIiwgImpvaG5kb2VAZXhhbXBsZS5jb20iXQ~WyJlSThaV205UW5LUHBOUGVOZ W5IZGhRIiwgInBob25lX251bWJlciIsICIrMS0yMDItNTU1LTAxMDEiXQ~WyJRZ19PNj R6cUF4ZTQxMmExMDhpcm9BIiwgImFkZHJlc3MiLCB7InN0cmVldF9hZGRyZXNzIjogIj EyMyBNYWluIFN0IiwgImxvY2FsaXR5IjogIkFueXRvd24iLCAicmVnaW9uIjogIkFueX N0YXRlIiwgImNvdW50cnkiOiAiVVMifV0~WyJBSngtMDk1VlBycFR0TjRRTU9xUk9BIi wgImJpcnRoZGF0ZSIsICIxOTQwLTAxLTAxIl0~WyJQYzMzSk0yTGNoY1VfbEhnZ3ZfdW ZRIiwgImlzX292ZXJfMTgiLCB0cnVlXQ~WyJHMDJOU3JRZmpGWFE3SW8wOXN5YWpBIiw gImlzX292ZXJfMjEiLCB0cnVlXQ~WyJsa2x4RjVqTVlsR1RQVW92TU5JdkNBIiwgImlz X292ZXJfNjUiLCB0cnVlXQ

Verification and Processing The recipient of the SD-JWT VC MUST process and verify an SD-JWT VC as follows:

1. REQUIRED. Process and verify the SD-JWT as defined in Section 6. of . For the verification, the iss claim in the SD-JWT MAY be used to retrieve the public key from the JWT Issuer Metadata configuration (as defined in ) of the SD-JWT VC issuer. A Verifier MAY use alternative methods to obtain the public key to verify the signature of the SD-JWT.
2. OPTIONAL. If status is present in the verified payload of the SD-JWT, the status SHOULD be checked. It depends on the Verifier policy to reject or accept a presentation of a SD-JWT VC based on the status of the Verifiable Credential.

Any claims used that are not understood MUST be ignored. Additional validation rules MAY apply, but their use is out of the scope of this specification.

JWT Issuer Metadata This specification defines the JWT Issuer Metadata to retrieve the JWT Issuer Metadata configuration of the JWT Issuer of the JWT. The JWT Issuer is identified by the iss claim in the JWT. Use of the JWT Issuer Metadata is OPTIONAL. JWT Issuers publishing JWT Issuer Metadata MUST make a JWT Issuer Metadata configuration available at the path formed by concatenating the string /.well-known/jwt-issuer to the iss claim value in the JWT. The iss MUST be a case-sensitive URL using the HTTPS scheme that contains scheme, host and, optionally, port number and path components, but no query or fragment components.

JWT Issuer Metadata Request A JWT Issuer Metadata configuration MUST be queried using an HTTP GET request at the path defined in . The following is a non-normative example of a HTTP request for the JWT Issuer Metadata configuration when iss is set to https://example.com: GET /.well-known/jwt-issuer HTTP/1.1 Host: example.com If the iss value contains a path component, any terminating / MUST be removed before inserting /.well-known/ and the well-known URI suffix between the host component and the path component. The following is a non-normative example of a HTTP request for the JWT Issuer Metadata configuration when iss is set to https://example.com/user/1234: GET /.well-known/jwt-issuer/user/1234 HTTP/1.1 Host: example.com

JWT Issuer Metadata Response A successful response MUST use the 200 OK HTTP and return the JWT Issuer Metadata configuration using the application/json content type. An error response uses the applicable HTTP status code value. This specification defines the following JWT Issuer Metadata configuration parameters:

• issuer REQUIRED. The JWT Issuer identifier, which MUST be identical to the iss value in the JWT.
• jwks_uri
  • OPTIONAL. URL string referencing the JWT Issuer's JSON Web Key (JWK) Set document which contains the JWT Issuer's public keys. The value of this field MUST point to a valid JWK Set document. Use of this parameter is RECOMMENDED, as it allows for easy key rotation.
• jwks
  • OPTIONAL. JWT Issuer's JSON Web Key Set document value, which contains the JWT Issuer's public keys. The value of this field MUST be a JSON object containing a valid JWK Set. This parameter is intended to be used by JWT Issuer that cannot use the jwks_uri parameter.

JWT Issuer Metadata MUST include either jwks_uri or jwks in their JWT Issuer Metadata, but not both. It is RECOMMENDED that the JWT contains a kid JWT header parameter that can be used to lookup the public key in the JWK Set included by value or referenced in the JWT Issuer Metadata. The following is a non-normative example of a JWT Issuer Metadata configuration including jwks: { "issuer":"https://example.com", "jwks":{ "keys":[ { "kid":"doc-signer-05-25-2022", "e":"AQAB", "n":"nj3YJwsLUFl9BmpAbkOswCNVx17Eh9wMO-_AReZwBqfaWFcfG HrZXsIV2VMCNVNU8Tpb4obUaSXcRcQ-VMsfQPJm9IzgtRdAY8NN8Xb7PEcYyk lBjvTtuPbpzIaqyiUepzUXNDFuAOOkrIol3WmflPUUgMKULBN0EUd1fpOD70p RM0rlp_gg_WNUKoW1V-3keYUJoXH9NztEDm_D2MQXj9eGOJJ8yPgGL8PAZMLe 2R7jb9TxOCPDED7tY_TU4nFPlxptw59A42mldEmViXsKQt60s1SLboazxFKve qXC_jpLUt22OC6GUG63p-REw-ZOr3r845z50wMuzifQrMI9bQ", "kty":"RSA" } ] } } The following is a non-normative example of a JWT Issuer Metadata configuration including jwks_uri: { "issuer":"https://example.com", "jwks_uri":"https://jwt-issuer.example.org/my_public_keys.jwks" } Additional JWT Issuer Metadata configuration parameters MAY also be used.

JWT Issuer Metadata Validation The issuer value returned MUST be identical to the iss value of the JWT. If these values are not identical, the data contained in the response MUST NOT be used.

Presenting Verifiable Credentials This section defines encoding, validation and processing rules for presentations of SD-JWT VCs.

Data Format A presentation of an SD-JWT VC MUST be encoded using the SD-JWT Combined Format for Presentation as defined in Section 5.4. of . A presentation of an SD-JWT VC MAY contain a Holder Binding JWT as described in Section 5.4.1. of .

Holder Binding JWT If the presentation of the SD-JWT VC includes a Holder Binding JWT, the following claims are used within the Holder Binding JWT:

• nonce
  • REQUIRED. String value used to associate a transaction between a Verifier an a Holder, and to mitigate replay attacks. The value is passed through unmodified from the Verifier to the Holder Binding JWT. Sufficient entropy MUST be present in the nonce values used to prevent attackers from guessing values.
• aud
  • REQUIRED. The intended recipient of the Holder Binding JWT which is typically the Verifier. See for more information.
• iat
  • REQUIRED. The time of issuance of the Holder Binding JWT. See for more information.
• exp
  • OPTIONAL. The expiration time of the signature when the Holder Binding is no longer considered valid. See for more information.

The Holder Binding JWT MAY include addtional claims which when not understood MUST be ignored.

Examples The following is a non-normative example of a presentation of the SD-JWT shown above including a Holder Binding JWT: eyJhbGciOiAiRVMyNTYifQ.eyJfc2QiOiBbIjA5dktySk1PbHlUV00wc2pwdV9wZE9CV kJRMk0xeTNLaHBINTE1blhrcFkiLCAiMnJzakdiYUMwa3k4bVQwcEpyUGlvV1RxMF9kY Xcxc1g3NnBvVWxnQ3diSSIsICJFa084ZGhXMGRIRUpidlVIbEVfVkNldUM5dVJFTE9pZ UxaaGg3WGJVVHRBIiwgIklsRHpJS2VpWmREd3BxcEs2WmZieXBoRnZ6NUZnbldhLXNON ndxUVhDaXciLCAiSnpZakg0c3ZsaUgwUjNQeUVNZmVadTZKdDY5dTVxZWhabzdGN0VQW WxTRSIsICJQb3JGYnBLdVZ1Nnh5bUphZ3ZrRnNGWEFiUm9jMkpHbEFVQTJCQTRvN2NJI iwgIlRHZjRvTGJnd2Q1SlFhSHlLVlFaVTlVZEdFMHc1cnREc3JaemZVYW9tTG8iLCAia mRyVEU4WWNiWTRFaWZ1Z2loaUFlX0JQZWt4SlFaSUNlaVVRd1k5UXF4SSIsICJqc3U5e VZ1bHdRUWxoRmxNXzNKbHpNYVNGemdsaFFHMERwZmF5UXdMVUs0Il0sICJpc3MiOiAia HR0cHM6Ly9leGFtcGxlLmNvbS9pc3N1ZXIiLCAiaWF0IjogMTY4MzAwMDAwMCwgImV4c CI6IDE4ODMwMDAwMDAsICJ0eXBlIjogIklkZW50aXR5Q3JlZGVudGlhbCIsICJfc2RfY WxnIjogInNoYS0yNTYiLCAiY25mIjogeyJqd2siOiB7Imt0eSI6ICJFQyIsICJjcnYiO iAiUC0yNTYiLCAieCI6ICJUQ0FFUjE5WnZ1M09IRjRqNFc0dmZTVm9ISVAxSUxpbERsc zd2Q2VHZW1jIiwgInkiOiAiWnhqaVdXYlpNUUdIVldLVlE0aGJTSWlyc1ZmdWVjQ0U2d DRqVDlGMkhaUSJ9fX0.Z_K7Pjg3MCc0puGg8-81StpUxS8Nw1oi3T-vK-UApbGdt9KTF wqvdOAbdtc9Fai_Sc29EEhgOG-34NIybS3udw~WyJRZ19PNjR6cUF4ZTQxMmExMDhpcm 9BIiwgImFkZHJlc3MiLCB7InN0cmVldF9hZGRyZXNzIjogIjEyMyBNYWluIFN0IiwgIm xvY2FsaXR5IjogIkFueXRvd24iLCAicmVnaW9uIjogIkFueXN0YXRlIiwgImNvdW50cn kiOiAiVVMifV0~eyJhbGciOiAiRVMyNTYifQ.eyJub25jZSI6ICIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiw gImF1ZCI6ICJodHRwczovL2V4YW1wbGUuY29tL3ZlcmlmaWVyIiwgImlhdCI6IDE2ODU xMTEwMTB9.nPm5NlIJ7dl6rBeHL5bvP31ZmqGcbSxM6Rkepaf8-wu9idNvvSdsjUQEyP cCOS-Dz0Uv32APNwttIe5MAD_Ysw In this presentation, the Holder provides only the Disclosure for the claim address. Other claims are not disclosed to the Verifier. The following example shows a presentation of a (different) SD-JWT without a Holder Binding JWT: eyJhbGciOiAiRVMyNTYifQ.eyJfc2QiOiBbIjA5dktySk1PbHlUV00wc2pwdV9wZE9CV kJRMk0xeTNLaHBINTE1blhrcFkiLCAiMnJzakdiYUMwa3k4bVQwcEpyUGlvV1RxMF9kY Xcxc1g3NnBvVWxnQ3diSSIsICJFa084ZGhXMGRIRUpidlVIbEVfVkNldUM5dVJFTE9pZ UxaaGg3WGJVVHRBIiwgIklsRHpJS2VpWmREd3BxcEs2WmZieXBoRnZ6NUZnbldhLXNON ndxUVhDaXciLCAiSnpZakg0c3ZsaUgwUjNQeUVNZmVadTZKdDY5dTVxZWhabzdGN0VQW WxTRSIsICJQb3JGYnBLdVZ1Nnh5bUphZ3ZrRnNGWEFiUm9jMkpHbEFVQTJCQTRvN2NJI iwgIlRHZjRvTGJnd2Q1SlFhSHlLVlFaVTlVZEdFMHc1cnREc3JaemZVYW9tTG8iLCAia mRyVEU4WWNiWTRFaWZ1Z2loaUFlX0JQZWt4SlFaSUNlaVVRd1k5UXF4SSIsICJqc3U5e VZ1bHdRUWxoRmxNXzNKbHpNYVNGemdsaFFHMERwZmF5UXdMVUs0Il0sICJpc3MiOiAia HR0cHM6Ly9leGFtcGxlLmNvbS9pc3N1ZXIiLCAiaWF0IjogMTY4MzAwMDAwMCwgImV4c CI6IDE4ODMwMDAwMDAsICJ0eXBlIjogIklkZW50aXR5Q3JlZGVudGlhbCIsICJfc2RfY WxnIjogInNoYS0yNTYifQ.ZBH7GBtfVb7slnKBkHyUONBSMeIFcM7n2EDwoQMYdh4NTY TFKfOW9xK_UnmJk3n5U2JHPwB1bOhXLQzapvLQ6Q~WyJRZ19PNjR6cUF4ZTQxMmExMDh pcm9BIiwgImFkZHJlc3MiLCB7InN0cmVldF9hZGRyZXNzIjogIjEyMyBNYWluIFN0Iiw gImxvY2FsaXR5IjogIkFueXRvd24iLCAicmVnaW9uIjogIkFueXN0YXRlIiwgImNvdW5 0cnkiOiAiVVMifV0~

Verification and Processing The Verifier MUST process and verify a presentation of SD-JWT VC as follows:

1. REQUIRED. When processing and verifying the presentation of the SD-JWT VC, the Verifier MUST follow the same verification and processing rules as defined in .
2. OPTIONAL. If provided, the Verifier MUST verify the Holder Binding JWT according to Section 6.2. of . To verify the Holder Binding JWT, the cnf claim of the SD-JWT MUST be used.

Security Considerations TBD: Verifier provided nonce.

Privacy Considerations TBD: Holder provided nonce via jti.

Relationships to Other Documents TBD

Normative References Informative References

IANA Considerations

JSON Web Token Claims Registration

• Claim Name: "type"
  • Claim Description: Credential Type
  • Change Controller: IESG
  • Specification Document(s): of this document

Media Types Registry

application/vc+sd-jwt The Internet media type for a SD-JWT VC is application/vc+sd-jwt. Type name: : application Subtype name: : vc+sd-jwt Required parameters: : n/a Optional parameters: : n/a Encoding considerations: : 8-bit code points; SD-JWT VC values are encoded as a series of base64url-encoded values (some of which may be the empty string) separated by period ('.') and tilde ('~') characters. Security considerations: : See Security Considerations in . Interoperability considerations: : n/a

• Published specification: : RFC TODO
• Applications that use this media type: : Applications that issue, present, verify verifiable credentials and presentations.
• Additional information:
  • Magic number(s): n/a
  • File extension(s): n/a
  • Macintosh file type code(s): n/a
  • Person & email address to contact for further information: TBD
  • Intended usage: COMMON
  • Restrictions on usage: none
  • Author: Oliver Terbu oliver.terbu@spruceid.com
  • Change controller: IETF

Acknowledgements We would like to thank Alen Horvat, Andres Uribe, Christian Bormann, Giuseppe De Marco, Paul Bastian, Torsten Lodderstedt, Tobias Looker and Kristina Yasuda for their contributions (some of which substantial) to this draft and to the initial set of implementations.

Document History -01

• Removed W3C VCDM transformation algorithm
• Various editorial changes based on feedback

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