This is the repository used for the everyday operation of the W3C Verifiable Credentials Working Group. See the charter of the Working Group for further details.
The list of other GitHub repositories maintained by this Working Group is also available on-line.
The group operates via a number of Task Forces, each concentrating on a particular group of technologies. The list of groups, and some important pointers, are as follows:
| Name | ID | short name | Mailing lists | GItHub | Github teams | Calendar entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VC API for Lifecycle Management | 175934 | vc-alm | mailto, archives | repository | members, chairs | calendar |
| VC Barcode and Data Integrity | 175924 | vc-bcdi | mailto, archives | repository | members, chairs | calendar |
| VC Confidence Method | 175955 | vc-cfm | mailto, archives | repository | members, chairs | calendar |
| VC for Entity Recognition | 175931 | vc-er | mailto, archives | repository | members, chairs | calendar |
| VC Render Method | 175961 | vc-rem | mailto, archives | repository | members, chairs |
Minutes are taken using the W3C Bots on
IRC, namely
RRSAgent and
Zakim. See also the
separate page on IRC for further
details on how to access the W3C IRC servers. The VC Working Group uses
the #vcwg IRC Channel. The minutes of the meetings are stored in the
minutes folder of this repository, under the name YYYY-MM-DD.html. An
index page displaying the list of all minutes
with their respective table of contents, as well as a resolution
page listing the formal resolutions passed
by the Working Group, are generated automatically.
Note, however, that this repository only contains the minutes starting from 2025-04-23. Earlier minutes are available through the previous version of the Working Group home page.
Use the standard fork, branch, and pull request workflow, or the GitHub web interfaces, to propose changes to the repository contents. Please make branch names informative — for example, by including the issue or bug number.
Please read CONTRIBUTING.md, about licensing contributions.