W3C Verifiable Credentials (VC) Data Model 2.0
What is W3C Verifiable Credentials (VC) Data Model 2.0?
The W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model 2.0 (2024) provides a standard for expressing credentials on the web in a way that is cryptographically secure, privacy-respecting, and machine-verifiable. Verifiable Credentials (VCs) are issued by issuers, held by holders, and presented to verifiers. It comprises 4 controls organised across 4 domains, and applies in International (W3C).
How W3C Verifiable Credentials (VC) Data Model 2.0 maps to other frameworks
All 4 controls, each one mapped to the equivalent requirement in other standards, with the evidence that carries across and the mappings that were judged and rejected shown alongside. No account needed to look.
See the control mappings →The 4 domains W3C Verifiable Credentials (VC) Data Model 2.0 groups its controls into
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Query W3C Verifiable Credentials (VC) Data Model 2.0 programmatically
W3C Verifiable Credentials (VC) Data Model 2.0, its 4 controls and every mapping into other standards are available over a REST endpoint and an MCP server, so an agent can read them directly. The free tier is 10 calls a day and needs no signup.
W3C Verifiable Credentials (VC) Data Model 2.0 API reference and MCP config →What W3C Verifiable Credentials (VC) Data Model 2.0 requires, control by control
Each page carries the requirement text for one W3C Verifiable Credentials (VC) Data Model 2.0 control and what an assessor expects to see as evidence.
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