Germany launches program to bring open source maintainers into standards bodies
Tech experts who lead open source digital infrastructure projects rarely get to participate in developing technical standards, even though three-quarters…
W3C standards
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W3C releases updated decentralized identifiers spec for comment
Decentralized identifiers (DID), which enable verifiable, decentralized digital identity, are seeing significant global development and related standards are also advancing….
Cybernetica, Tony Blair Institute pilot digital credential wallet in Kenya
A proof-of-concept to implement a verifiable credentials (VC) system to fight a growing wave of academic and public service recruitment…
W3C launches group to tackle supply chain fraud with VCs
A new initiative has been launched under the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to advance decentralized, verifiable data standards in…
Digital Credentials API first draft published by W3C
A first public working draft of the Digital Credentials API from W3C has been published by the Federated Identity Working…
Support for W3C Digital Credentials API, digital identity passports part of iOS 26
Of the news coming out of Apple’s WWDC25, some of the most significant for the digital identity industry involves Apple’s…
Explaining W3C Verifiable Credentials and biometrics a key mission for Dock Labs
All legitimate credentials can be verified – but not all credentials are Verifiable Credentials. It sounds a bit like a…
Verifiable Credentials 2.0 now a W3C Standard
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Verifiable Credentials Working Group has published seven W3C Recommendations, including Verifiable Credentials Data Model…
Block to pitch W3C open standards in NIST digital ID consortium
Block has joined the consortium of players in the in the mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) to help encourage faster development…
W3C issues new technical draft for verifiable credentials standards
The World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Verifiable Credentials Working Group this week issued its Candidate Recommendation Draft of specifications for the…
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