Problem
Annex B ("Relationship to Existing Standards") does not yet address the
W3C Verifiable Credentials family or the OpenID4VC protocol suite, even
though the Issued Copy concept is functionally adjacent to a
Verifiable Credential, and the control-context presentation flow
is functionally adjacent to OID4VP / ISO 18013-5 proximity presentation.
Proposal
Add a subsection to Annex B clarifying the relationship — complementary,
not competing.
Proposed text
B.x Verifiable Credentials, OID4VC, and ISO 18013-5
The W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model v2.0 and its associated Data
Integrity specification define a three-party model (issuer, holder,
verifier) for signed, portable claims, typically small in payload and
optimized for offline, device-to-device presentation (e.g. ISO/IEC 18013-5
proximity flows for mobile driving licenses). OpenID4VCI and OpenID4VP
specify, respectively, how such credentials are issued (including a
"credential offer" pattern functionally similar to RecordWeb's Issued
Copy export) and how they are presented to a verifier.
RecordWeb does not replace this ecosystem. The Record remains the
authoritative institutional object, addressed via did:rwp and retained
at its place of origin — a concern the VC ecosystem does not model, since
a Verifiable Credential has no "origin system" it is bound to remain at.
Conversely, RecordWeb's Issued Copy can, for small, schema-bounded
payloads, be technically realized as a Verifiable Credential without
conflict — RecordWeb defines when and why such an artifact is issued;
the VC/OID4VC stack can define how it is technically encoded and
presented in control contexts.
For payloads too large for proximity presentation, RecordWeb does not
introduce a new transfer protocol. It relies on ordinary Record creation
at the receiving party, with explicit provenance metadata — the
receiving party creates its own incoming Record, rather than the citizen's
device acting as a RecordWeb node.
Open questions for CG discussion
- Should RWP formally recommend VC Data Integrity as the default proof
format for Issued Copies, or remain proof-format-agnostic?
Problem
Annex B ("Relationship to Existing Standards") does not yet address the
W3C Verifiable Credentials family or the OpenID4VC protocol suite, even
though the Issued Copy concept is functionally adjacent to a
Verifiable Credential, and the control-context presentation flow
is functionally adjacent to OID4VP / ISO 18013-5 proximity presentation.
Proposal
Add a subsection to Annex B clarifying the relationship — complementary,
not competing.
Proposed text
Open questions for CG discussion
format for Issued Copies, or remain proof-format-agnostic?