draft-ietf-oauth-sd-jwt-vc-18

This specification describes data formats as well as validation and processing rules to express Verifiable Digital Credentials with JSON payloads with and without selective disclosure based on the SD-JWT format.¶
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1.1. Issuer-Holder-Verifier Model
1.2. SD-JWT as a Credential Format
1.3. Requirements Notation and Conventions
1.4. Terms and Definitions
2. Verifiable Digital Credentials based on SD-JWT
2.2.2. JWT Claims Set
2.4. Verification and Processing
2.5. Issuer Verification Key Discovery and Validation
3. JWT VC Issuer Metadata
3.1. JWT VC Issuer Metadata Request
3.2. JWT VC Issuer Metadata Response
3.3. JWT VC Issuer Metadata Validation
4. SD-JWT VC Type Metadata
4.1. Type Metadata Example
4.2. Type Metadata Format
4.3. Retrieving Type Metadata
4.3.1. From a URL in the vct Claim
4.3.2. From a Registry
4.3.3. Using a Defined Retrieval Method
4.3.4. From a Local Cache
4.4. Extending Type Metadata
4.5. Display Metadata
4.5.1. Rendering Metadata
4.5.2. Extending Display Metadata
4.6.2. Claim Display Metadata
4.6.3. Claim Mandatory Metadata
4.6.4. Claim Selective Disclosure Metadata
4.6.5. Extending Claim Metadata
4.7. Processing Type Metadata
5. Integrity of Referenced Documents