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This feature request is to modify the Hyperledger Identus agent to allow for a flexible issuer property in Verifiable Credentials (VCs). This change is necessary to achieve full compatibility with OpenBadges 3.0 and to provide more versatility in describing the issuer of a credential.
For further discussion on what OpenBadges 3.0 is and why to achieve compatibility with it, please refer to the Achieve compatibility with OpenBadges 3.0 [Summary].
Current Situation
Currently, the Identus agent uses a string value for the issuer property when creating a VC:
"issuer": "did:prism:123..."
Proposed Changes
To align with the OpenBadges 3.0 specification, which allows for a more detailed issuer description, and to enhance the versatility of Identus-issued credentials, I propose to make the issuer property optionally accept an object within the current API to replace the issuer-string.
The structure of that optional property might look like this in the existing endpoint for offering credentials: /issue-credentials/credentials-offers:
Summary
This feature request is to modify the Hyperledger Identus agent to allow for a flexible
issuer
property in Verifiable Credentials (VCs). This change is necessary to achieve full compatibility with OpenBadges 3.0 and to provide more versatility in describing the issuer of a credential.For further discussion on what OpenBadges 3.0 is and why to achieve compatibility with it, please refer to the Achieve compatibility with OpenBadges 3.0 [Summary].
Current Situation
Currently, the Identus agent uses a string value for the
issuer
property when creating a VC:Proposed Changes
To align with the OpenBadges 3.0 specification, which allows for a more detailed issuer description, and to enhance the versatility of Identus-issued credentials, I propose to make the issuer property optionally accept an object within the current API to replace the issuer-string.
The structure of that optional property might look like this in the existing endpoint for offering credentials:
/issue-credentials/credentials-offers
:id
field, which should be set by the Identus agent based on the DID of the issuer."issuer":"did:prism:123"
).This change also requires changes in the SDKs to handle the issuer object correctly, since they are currently expecting a string with the DID.
Additional resources:
Issuer explanation from the VC 2.0 spec
Example of Issuer object from the OB 3.0 spec
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