W3C

Verifiable Credentials

The Verifiable Credentials Data Model is a W3C Recommendation enabling cryptographically secure, privacy-respecting digital credentials. The VC family includes the data model, data integrity proof suites, and JSON Web Token/COSE encoding methods. VC 2.0 was published as a W3C Recommendation in 2025.

GitHub

Other Resources

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Specification
https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model-2.0/
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Working Group
https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/vc/
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GitHub
https://github.com/w3c/vc-data-model

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: w3c:verifiable-credentials
name: Verifiable Credentials
description: The Verifiable Credentials Data Model is a W3C Recommendation enabling cryptographically
  secure, privacy-respecting digital credentials. The VC family includes the data model, data integrity
  proof suites, and JSON Web Token/COSE encoding methods. VC 2.0 was published as a W3C Recommendation
  in 2025.
humanURL: https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model-2.0/
tags:
- Credentials
- Identity
- Privacy
- Security
- Standards
properties:
- url: https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model-2.0/
  type: Specification
- url: https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/vc/
  type: Working Group
- url: https://github.com/w3c/vc-data-model
  type: GitHub