Internet-Draft SD-JWT VC July 2023
Terbu & Fett Expires 11 January 2024 [Page]
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TODO Working Group
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Authors:
O. Terbu
Spruce Systems, Inc.
D. Fett
Authlete Inc.

SD-JWT-based Verifiable Credentials (SD-JWT VC)

Abstract

This specification describes data formats as well as validation and processing rules to express Verifiable Credentials with JSON payloads based on the Selective Disclosure for JWTs (SD-JWT) [I-D.ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt] format. It can be used when there are no selective disclosable claims, too.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1.1. Issuer-Holder-Verifier Model

In the so-called Issuer-Holder-Verifier Model, Issuers issue Verifiable Credentials to a Holder, who can then present the Verifiable Credentials to Verifiers. Verifiable Credentials are cryptographically signed statements about a Subject, typically the Holder.

         +------------+
         |            |
         |   Issuer   |
         |            |
         +------------+
               |
    Issues Verifiable Credential
               |
               v
         +------------+
         |            |
         |   Holder   |
         |            |
         +------------+
               |
  Presents Verifiable Credential
               |
               v
         +-------------+
         |             |+                          +------------+
         |  Verifiers  ||+                         |   Status   |
         |             |||----- optionally ------->|  Provider  |
         +-------------+||   retrieve status of    |            |
          +-------------+|  Verifiable Credential  +------------+
           +-------------+
Figure 1: Issuer-Holder-Verifier Model with optional Status Provider

Verifiers can check the authenticity of the data in the Verifiable Credentials and optionally enforce Key Binding, i.e., ask the Holder to prove that they are the intended holder of the Verifiable Credential, for example, by proving possession of a cryptographic key referenced in the credential. This process is further described in [I-D.ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt].

To support revocation of Verifiable Credentials, revocation information can optionally be retrieved from a Status Provider. The role of a Status Provider can be fulfilled by either a fourth party or by the Issuer.

This specification defines Verifiable Credentials based on the SD-JWT format with a JWT Claim Set. It can be used when there are no selective disclosable claims, too.

1.2. Rationale

JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) [RFC7519] can in principle be used to express Verifiable Credentials in a way that is easy to understand and process as it builds upon established web primitives.

Selective Disclosure JWT (SD-JWT) [I-D.ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt] is a specification that introduces conventions to support selective disclosure for JWTs: For an SD-JWT document, a Holder can decide which claims to release (within bounds defined by the Issuer).

SD-JWT is a superset of JWT as it can also be used when there are no selectively disclosable claims and also supports JWS JSON serialization, which is useful for long term archiving and multi signatures. However, SD-JWT itself does not define the claims that must be used within the payload or their semantics.

This specification therefore uses SD-JWT and the well-established JWT content rules and extensibility model as basis for representing Verifiable Credentials with JSON payload. Those Verifiable Credentials are called SD-JWT VCs.

SD-JWTs VC can contain claims that are registered in "JSON Web Token Claims" registry as defined in [RFC7519], as well as public and private claims.

Note: This specification does not utilize the W3C's Verifiable Credentials Data Model v1.0, v1.1, or v2.0.

1.3. Requirements Notation and Conventions

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

1.4. Terms and Definitions

This specification uses the terms "Holder", "Issuer", "Verifier", defined by [I-D.ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt].

Verifiable Credential (VC):
An Issuer-signed assertion with claims about a Subject.
SD-JWT-based Verifiable Credential (SD-JWT VC):
A Verifiable Credential encoded using the Issuance format defined in [I-D.ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt]. It may or may not contain selectively disclosable claims.
Unsecured payload of an SD-JWT VC:
A JSON object containing all selectively disclosable and non-selectively disclosable claims of the SD-JWT VC. The unsecured payload acts as the input JSON object to issue an SD-JWT VC complying to this specification.
Status Provider:
An entity that provides status information (e.g. revocation) about a Verifiable Credential.

2. Scope

3. Use Cases

TBD: explain use cases of the Issuer-Holder-Verifier Model.

TBD: conventional crypt, hardware security, hsm, mobile secure area, compliance with FIPS

4. Verifiable Credentials based on SD-JWT

This section defines encoding, validation and processing rules for SD-JWT VCs.

4.1. Media Type

SD-JWT VCs compliant with this specification MUST use the media type application/vc+sd-jwt as defined in Appendix A.2.1.

4.2. Data Format

SD-JWT VCs MUST be encoded using the SD-JWT Combined Format for Issuance as defined in Section 5.3. of [I-D.ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt].

When there are selectively disclosable claims, SD-JWT VCs MUST contain all Disclosures corresponding to their SD-JWT component except for Decoy Digests as per Section 5.1.1.3. of [I-D.ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt].

4.2.1. Header Parameters

This section defines JWT header parameters for the SD-JWT component of the SD-JWT VC.

The typ header parameter of the SD-JWT MUST be present. The typ value MUST use vc+sd-jwt. This indicates that the payload of the SD-JWT contains plain JSON and follows the rules as defined in this specification. It further indicates that the SD-JWT is a SD-JWT component of a SD-JWT VC.

The following is a non-normative example of a decoded SD-JWT header:

{
  "alg": "ES256",
  "typ": "vc+sd-jwt"
}

4.2.2. Claims

This section defines the claims that can be included in the payload of SD-JWT VCs.

4.2.2.1. type claim

This specification defines the JWT claim type. The type claim is used to express the type of the JSON object that is secured by the JWT. The type value MUST be a case-sensitive StringOrURI value.

The following is a non-normative example of how type is used to express a type:

{
  "type": "SomeType"
}
4.2.2.2. Registered JWT Claims

SD-JWT VCs MAY use any claim registered in the "JSON Web Token Claims" registry as defined in [RFC7519].

If present, the following registered JWT claims MUST be included in the SD-JWT and MUST NOT be included in the Disclosures, i.e. cannot be selectively disclosed:

  • iss

    • REQUIRED. The Issuer of the Verifiable Credential. The value of iss MUST be a URI. See [RFC7519] for more information.

  • iat

    • REQUIRED. The time of issuance of the Verifiable Credential. See [RFC7519] for more information.

  • nbf

    • OPTIONAL. The time before which the Verifiable Credential MUST NOT be accepted before validating. See [RFC7519] for more information.

  • exp

    • OPTIONAL. The expiry time of the Verifiable Credential after which the Verifiable Credential is no longer valid. See [RFC7519] for more information.

  • cnf

    • REQUIRED when Cryptographic Key Binding is to be supported. Contains the confirmation method as defined in [RFC7800]. It SHOULD contain a JWK as defined in Section 3.2 of [RFC7800]. For Cryptographic Key Binding, the Key Binding JWT in the Combined Format for Presentation MUST be signed by the key identified in this claim.

  • type

    • REQUIRED. The type of the Verifiable Credential, e.g., IdentityCredential, as defined in Section 4.2.2.1.

  • status

    • OPTIONAL. The information on how to read the status of the Verifiable Credential. See [TBD] for more information.

The following registered JWT claims MAY be contained in the SD-JWT or in the Disclosures and MAY be selectively disclosed:

  • sub

    • OPTIONAL. The identifier of the Subject of the Verifiable Credential. The Issuer MAY use it to provide the Subject identifier known by the Issuer. There is no requirement for a binding to exist between sub and cnf claims.
4.2.2.3. Public JWT claims

Additional public claims MAY be used in SD-JWT VCs depending on the application.

4.2.2.4. SD-JWT VC without Selectively Disclosable Claims

An SD-JWT VC MAY have no selectively disclosable claims. In that case, the SD-JWT VC MUST NOT contain the _sd claim in the JWT body. It also MUST NOT have any Disclosures.

4.3. Example

The following is a non-normative example of an unsecured payload of an SD-JWT VC.

{
  "type": "IdentityCredential",
  "given_name": "John",
  "family_name": "Doe",
  "email": "johndoe@example.com",
  "phone_number": "+1-202-555-0101",
  "address": {
    "street_address": "123 Main St",
    "locality": "Anytown",
    "region": "Anystate",
    "country": "US"
  },
  "birthdate": "1940-01-01",
  "is_over_18": true,
  "is_over_21": true,
  "is_over_65": true
}

The following is a non-normative example of how the unsecured payload of the SD-JWT VC above can be used in a SD-JWT where the resulting SD-JWT VC contains only claims about the Subject that are selectively disclosable:

{
  "_sd": [
    "09vKrJMOlyTWM0sjpu_pdOBVBQ2M1y3KhpH515nXkpY",
    "2rsjGbaC0ky8mT0pJrPioWTq0_daw1sX76poUlgCwbI",
    "EkO8dhW0dHEJbvUHlE_VCeuC9uRELOieLZhh7XbUTtA",
    "IlDzIKeiZdDwpqpK6ZfbyphFvz5FgnWa-sN6wqQXCiw",
    "JzYjH4svliH0R3PyEMfeZu6Jt69u5qehZo7F7EPYlSE",
    "PorFbpKuVu6xymJagvkFsFXAbRoc2JGlAUA2BA4o7cI",
    "TGf4oLbgwd5JQaHyKVQZU9UdGE0w5rtDsrZzfUaomLo",
    "jdrTE8YcbY4EifugihiAe_BPekxJQZICeiUQwY9QqxI",
    "jsu9yVulwQQlhFlM_3JlzMaSFzglhQG0DpfayQwLUK4"
  ],
  "iss": "https://example.com/issuer",
  "iat": 1683000000,
  "exp": 1883000000,
  "type": "IdentityCredential",
  "_sd_alg": "sha-256",
  "cnf": {
    "jwk": {
      "kty": "EC",
      "crv": "P-256",
      "x": "TCAER19Zvu3OHF4j4W4vfSVoHIP1ILilDls7vCeGemc",
      "y": "ZxjiWWbZMQGHVWKVQ4hbSIirsVfuecCE6t4jT9F2HZQ"
    }
  }
}

Note that a cnf claim has been added to the SD-JWT payload to express the confirmation method of the Key Binding.

The following are the Disclosures belonging to the SD-JWT payload above:

Claim given_name:

  • SHA-256 Hash: jsu9yVulwQQlhFlM_3JlzMaSFzglhQG0DpfayQwLUK4
  • Disclosure:
    WyIyR0xDNDJzS1F2ZUNmR2ZyeU5STjl3IiwgImdpdmVuX25hbWUiLCAiSm9o
    biJd
  • Contents: ["2GLC42sKQveCfGfryNRN9w", "given_name", "John"]

Claim family_name:

  • SHA-256 Hash: TGf4oLbgwd5JQaHyKVQZU9UdGE0w5rtDsrZzfUaomLo
  • Disclosure:
    WyJlbHVWNU9nM2dTTklJOEVZbnN4QV9BIiwgImZhbWlseV9uYW1lIiwgIkRv
    ZSJd
  • Contents: ["eluV5Og3gSNII8EYnsxA_A", "family_name", "Doe"]

Claim email:

  • SHA-256 Hash: JzYjH4svliH0R3PyEMfeZu6Jt69u5qehZo7F7EPYlSE
  • Disclosure:
    WyI2SWo3dE0tYTVpVlBHYm9TNXRtdlZBIiwgImVtYWlsIiwgImpvaG5kb2VA
    ZXhhbXBsZS5jb20iXQ
  • Contents: ["6Ij7tM-a5iVPGboS5tmvVA", "email", "johndoe@example.com"]

Claim phone_number:

  • SHA-256 Hash: PorFbpKuVu6xymJagvkFsFXAbRoc2JGlAUA2BA4o7cI
  • Disclosure:
    WyJlSThaV205UW5LUHBOUGVOZW5IZGhRIiwgInBob25lX251bWJlciIsICIr
    MS0yMDItNTU1LTAxMDEiXQ
  • Contents: ["eI8ZWm9QnKPpNPeNenHdhQ", "phone_number",
    "+1-202-555-0101"]

Claim address:

  • SHA-256 Hash: IlDzIKeiZdDwpqpK6ZfbyphFvz5FgnWa-sN6wqQXCiw
  • Disclosure:
    WyJRZ19PNjR6cUF4ZTQxMmExMDhpcm9BIiwgImFkZHJlc3MiLCB7InN0cmVl
    dF9hZGRyZXNzIjogIjEyMyBNYWluIFN0IiwgImxvY2FsaXR5IjogIkFueXRv
    d24iLCAicmVnaW9uIjogIkFueXN0YXRlIiwgImNvdW50cnkiOiAiVVMifV0
  • Contents: ["Qg_O64zqAxe412a108iroA", "address", {"street_address":
    "123 Main St", "locality": "Anytown", "region": "Anystate",
    "country": "US"}]

Claim birthdate:

  • SHA-256 Hash: jdrTE8YcbY4EifugihiAe_BPekxJQZICeiUQwY9QqxI
  • Disclosure:
    WyJBSngtMDk1VlBycFR0TjRRTU9xUk9BIiwgImJpcnRoZGF0ZSIsICIxOTQw
    LTAxLTAxIl0
  • Contents: ["AJx-095VPrpTtN4QMOqROA", "birthdate", "1940-01-01"]

Claim is_over_18:

  • SHA-256 Hash: 09vKrJMOlyTWM0sjpu_pdOBVBQ2M1y3KhpH515nXkpY
  • Disclosure:
    WyJQYzMzSk0yTGNoY1VfbEhnZ3ZfdWZRIiwgImlzX292ZXJfMTgiLCB0cnVl
    XQ
  • Contents: ["Pc33JM2LchcU_lHggv_ufQ", "is_over_18", true]

Claim is_over_21:

  • SHA-256 Hash: 2rsjGbaC0ky8mT0pJrPioWTq0_daw1sX76poUlgCwbI
  • Disclosure:
    WyJHMDJOU3JRZmpGWFE3SW8wOXN5YWpBIiwgImlzX292ZXJfMjEiLCB0cnVl
    XQ
  • Contents: ["G02NSrQfjFXQ7Io09syajA", "is_over_21", true]

Claim is_over_65:

  • SHA-256 Hash: EkO8dhW0dHEJbvUHlE_VCeuC9uRELOieLZhh7XbUTtA
  • Disclosure:
    WyJsa2x4RjVqTVlsR1RQVW92TU5JdkNBIiwgImlzX292ZXJfNjUiLCB0cnVl
    XQ
  • Contents: ["lklxF5jMYlGTPUovMNIvCA", "is_over_65", true]

The SD-JWT and the Disclosures would then be serialized by the Issuer into the following format for issuance to the Holder:

eyJhbGciOiAiRVMyNTYifQ.eyJfc2QiOiBbIjA5dktySk1PbHlUV00wc2pwdV9wZE9CV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.nIneu9ghAY_pjnfAczLZe80xN2Z-jjxs42MOx8UVZtCT4ACFV
W8RMdBANSwjfRBD1Xag6vnayC6HUnBvkVWlMQ~WyIyR0xDNDJzS1F2ZUNmR2ZyeU5STj
l3IiwgImdpdmVuX25hbWUiLCAiSm9obiJd~WyJlbHVWNU9nM2dTTklJOEVZbnN4QV9BI
iwgImZhbWlseV9uYW1lIiwgIkRvZSJd~WyI2SWo3dE0tYTVpVlBHYm9TNXRtdlZBIiwg
ImVtYWlsIiwgImpvaG5kb2VAZXhhbXBsZS5jb20iXQ~WyJlSThaV205UW5LUHBOUGVOZ
W5IZGhRIiwgInBob25lX251bWJlciIsICIrMS0yMDItNTU1LTAxMDEiXQ~WyJRZ19PNj
R6cUF4ZTQxMmExMDhpcm9BIiwgImFkZHJlc3MiLCB7InN0cmVldF9hZGRyZXNzIjogIj
EyMyBNYWluIFN0IiwgImxvY2FsaXR5IjogIkFueXRvd24iLCAicmVnaW9uIjogIkFueX
N0YXRlIiwgImNvdW50cnkiOiAiVVMifV0~WyJBSngtMDk1VlBycFR0TjRRTU9xUk9BIi
wgImJpcnRoZGF0ZSIsICIxOTQwLTAxLTAxIl0~WyJQYzMzSk0yTGNoY1VfbEhnZ3ZfdW
ZRIiwgImlzX292ZXJfMTgiLCB0cnVlXQ~WyJHMDJOU3JRZmpGWFE3SW8wOXN5YWpBIiw
gImlzX292ZXJfMjEiLCB0cnVlXQ~WyJsa2x4RjVqTVlsR1RQVW92TU5JdkNBIiwgImlz
X292ZXJfNjUiLCB0cnVlXQ~

4.4. Verification and Processing

The recipient of the SD-JWT VC MUST process and verify an SD-JWT VC as follows:

  1. REQUIRED. Process and verify the SD-JWT as defined in Section 6. of [I-D.ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt]. For the verification, the iss claim in the SD-JWT MAY be used to retrieve the public key from the JWT Issuer Metadata configuration (as defined in Section 5) of the SD-JWT VC issuer. A Verifier MAY use alternative methods to obtain the public key to verify the signature of the SD-JWT. If there are no selectively disclosable claims, there is no need to process the _sd claim nor any Disclosures.
  2. OPTIONAL. If status is present in the verified payload of the SD-JWT, the status SHOULD be checked. It depends on the Verifier policy to reject or accept a presentation of a SD-JWT VC based on the status of the Verifiable Credential.

Any claims used that are not understood MUST be ignored.

Additional validation rules MAY apply, but their use is out of the scope of this specification.

5. JWT Issuer Metadata

This specification defines the JWT Issuer Metadata to retrieve the JWT Issuer Metadata configuration of the JWT Issuer of the JWT. The JWT Issuer is identified by the iss claim in the JWT. Use of the JWT Issuer Metadata is OPTIONAL.

JWT Issuers publishing JWT Issuer Metadata MUST make a JWT Issuer Metadata configuration available at the path formed by concatenating the string /.well-known/jwt-issuer to the iss claim value in the JWT. The iss MUST be a case-sensitive URL using the HTTPS scheme that contains scheme, host and, optionally, port number and path components, but no query or fragment components.

5.1. JWT Issuer Metadata Request

A JWT Issuer Metadata configuration MUST be queried using an HTTP GET request at the path defined in Section 5.

The following is a non-normative example of a HTTP request for the JWT Issuer Metadata configuration when iss is set to https://example.com:

GET /.well-known/jwt-issuer HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com

If the iss value contains a path component, any terminating / MUST be removed before inserting /.well-known/ and the well-known URI suffix between the host component and the path component.

The following is a non-normative example of a HTTP request for the JWT Issuer Metadata configuration when iss is set to https://example.com/user/1234:

GET /.well-known/jwt-issuer/user/1234 HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com

5.2. JWT Issuer Metadata Response

A successful response MUST use the 200 OK HTTP and return the JWT Issuer Metadata configuration using the application/json content type.

An error response uses the applicable HTTP status code value.

This specification defines the following JWT Issuer Metadata configuration parameters:

  • issuer REQUIRED. The JWT Issuer identifier, which MUST be identical to the iss value in the JWT.

  • jwks_uri

    • OPTIONAL. URL string referencing the JWT Issuer's JSON Web Key (JWK) Set [RFC7517] document which contains the JWT Issuer's public keys. The value of this field MUST point to a valid JWK Set document. Use of this parameter is RECOMMENDED, as it allows for easy key rotation.

  • jwks

    • OPTIONAL. JWT Issuer's JSON Web Key Set [RFC7517] document value, which contains the JWT Issuer's public keys. The value of this field MUST be a JSON object containing a valid JWK Set. This parameter is intended to be used by JWT Issuer that cannot use the jwks_uri parameter.

JWT Issuer Metadata MUST include either jwks_uri or jwks in their JWT Issuer Metadata, but not both.

It is RECOMMENDED that the JWT contains a kid JWT header parameter that can be used to lookup the public key in the JWK Set included by value or referenced in the JWT Issuer Metadata.

The following is a non-normative example of a JWT Issuer Metadata configuration including jwks:

{
   "issuer":"https://example.com",
   "jwks":{
      "keys":[
         {
            "kid":"doc-signer-05-25-2022",
            "e":"AQAB",
            "n":"nj3YJwsLUFl9BmpAbkOswCNVx17Eh9wMO-_AReZwBqfaWFcfG
   HrZXsIV2VMCNVNU8Tpb4obUaSXcRcQ-VMsfQPJm9IzgtRdAY8NN8Xb7PEcYyk
   lBjvTtuPbpzIaqyiUepzUXNDFuAOOkrIol3WmflPUUgMKULBN0EUd1fpOD70p
   RM0rlp_gg_WNUKoW1V-3keYUJoXH9NztEDm_D2MQXj9eGOJJ8yPgGL8PAZMLe
   2R7jb9TxOCPDED7tY_TU4nFPlxptw59A42mldEmViXsKQt60s1SLboazxFKve
   qXC_jpLUt22OC6GUG63p-REw-ZOr3r845z50wMuzifQrMI9bQ",
            "kty":"RSA"
         }
      ]
   }
}

The following is a non-normative example of a JWT Issuer Metadata configuration including jwks_uri:

{
   "issuer":"https://example.com",
   "jwks_uri":"https://jwt-issuer.example.org/my_public_keys.jwks"
}

Additional JWT Issuer Metadata configuration parameters MAY also be used.

5.3. JWT Issuer Metadata Validation

The issuer value returned MUST be identical to the iss value of the JWT. If these values are not identical, the data contained in the response MUST NOT be used.

6. Presenting Verifiable Credentials

This section defines encoding, validation and processing rules for presentations of SD-JWT VCs.

6.1. Data Format

A presentation of an SD-JWT VC MUST be encoded using the SD-JWT Combined Format for Presentation as defined in Section 5.4. of [I-D.ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt].

A presentation of an SD-JWT VC MAY contain a Key Binding JWT as described in Section 5.4.1. of [I-D.ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt].

When there are no selectively disclosable claims, a presentation of SD-JWT VC does not contain any Disclosures.

6.1.1. Key Binding JWT

If the presentation of the SD-JWT VC includes a Key Binding JWT, the following claims are used within the Key Binding JWT:

  • nonce

    • REQUIRED. String value used to associate a transaction between a Verifier an a Holder, and to mitigate replay attacks. The value is passed through unmodified from the Verifier to the Key Binding JWT. Sufficient entropy MUST be present in the nonce values used to prevent attackers from guessing values.

  • aud

    • REQUIRED. The intended recipient of the Key Binding JWT which is typically the Verifier. See [RFC7519] for more information.

  • iat

    • REQUIRED. The time of issuance of the Key Binding JWT. See [RFC7519] for more information.

  • exp

    • OPTIONAL. The expiration time of the signature when the Key Binding is no longer considered valid. See [RFC7519] for more information.

The Key Binding JWT MAY include addtional claims which when not understood MUST be ignored.

6.2. Examples

The following is a non-normative example of a presentation of the SD-JWT shown above including a Key Binding JWT:

eyJhbGciOiAiRVMyNTYifQ.eyJfc2QiOiBbIjA5dktySk1PbHlUV00wc2pwdV9wZE9CV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.nIneu9ghAY_pjnfAczLZe80xN2Z-jjxs42MOx8UVZtCT4ACFV
W8RMdBANSwjfRBD1Xag6vnayC6HUnBvkVWlMQ~WyJRZ19PNjR6cUF4ZTQxMmExMDhpcm
9BIiwgImFkZHJlc3MiLCB7InN0cmVldF9hZGRyZXNzIjogIjEyMyBNYWluIFN0IiwgIm
xvY2FsaXR5IjogIkFueXRvd24iLCAicmVnaW9uIjogIkFueXN0YXRlIiwgImNvdW50cn
kiOiAiVVMifV0~eyJhbGciOiAiRVMyNTYiLCAidHlwIjogImtiK2p3dCJ9.eyJub25jZ
SI6ICIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwgImF1ZCI6ICJodHRwczovL2V4YW1wbGUuY29tL3Zlcmlma
WVyIiwgImlhdCI6IDE2ODkwMTIzMzR9.3rROqnKkUNgiYfSwtmTXnXVMtSfb_RA2pVVv
EclTihvi7MIZ-W_x3sVPVliJJIDdH4frgvxjxMWa__vCoTEbqQ

In this presentation, the Holder provides only the Disclosure for the claim address. Other claims are not disclosed to the Verifier.

The following example shows a presentation of a (different) SD-JWT without a Key Binding JWT:

eyJhbGciOiAiRVMyNTYifQ.eyJfc2QiOiBbIjA5dktySk1PbHlUV00wc2pwdV9wZE9CV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.gew2qB8_rJxmckdiQ8S_VE-GouPs2XE5q3NdfAeh6QdZ20
qQrXZNIEvUwAX4rSPvE9UfD_D2zZgYgS3EdQPkQg~WyJRZ19PNjR6cUF4ZTQxMmExMDh
pcm9BIiwgImFkZHJlc3MiLCB7InN0cmVldF9hZGRyZXNzIjogIjEyMyBNYWluIFN0Iiw
gImxvY2FsaXR5IjogIkFueXRvd24iLCAicmVnaW9uIjogIkFueXN0YXRlIiwgImNvdW5
0cnkiOiAiVVMifV0~

6.3. Verification and Processing

The Verifier MUST process and verify a presentation of SD-JWT VC as follows:

  1. REQUIRED. When processing and verifying the presentation of the SD-JWT VC, the Verifier MUST follow the same verification and processing rules as defined in Section 4.4.
  2. OPTIONAL. If provided, the Verifier MUST verify the Key Binding JWT according to Section 6.2. of [I-D.ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt]. To verify the Key Binding JWT, the cnf claim of the SD-JWT MUST be used.

7. Security Considerations

TBD: Verifier provided nonce.

8. Privacy Considerations

TBD: Holder provided nonce via jti.

9. Relationships to Other Documents

TBD

10. Normative References

[I-D.ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt]
Fett, D., Yasuda, K., and B. Campbell, "Selective Disclosure for JWTs (SD-JWT)", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt-05, , <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt-05>.
[RFC2119]
Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC7519]
Jones, M., Bradley, J., and N. Sakimura, "JSON Web Token (JWT)", RFC 7519, DOI 10.17487/RFC7519, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7519>.
[RFC7800]
Jones, M., Bradley, J., and H. Tschofenig, "Proof-of-Possession Key Semantics for JSON Web Tokens (JWTs)", RFC 7800, DOI 10.17487/RFC7800, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7800>.

11. Informative References

[RFC7517]
Jones, M., "JSON Web Key (JWK)", RFC 7517, DOI 10.17487/RFC7517, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7517>.

Appendix A. IANA Considerations

A.1. JSON Web Token Claims Registration

  • Claim Name: "type"

    • Claim Description: Credential Type
    • Change Controller: IESG
    • Specification Document(s): Section 4.2.2.1 of this document

A.2. Media Types Registry

A.2.1. application/vc+sd-jwt

The Internet media type for a SD-JWT VC is application/vc+sd-jwt.

Type name: : application

Subtype name: : vc+sd-jwt

Required parameters: : n/a

Optional parameters: : n/a

Encoding considerations: : 8-bit code points; SD-JWT VC values are encoded as a series of base64url-encoded values (some of which may be the empty string) separated by period ('.') and tilde ('~') characters.

Security considerations: : See Security Considerations in Section 7.

Interoperability considerations: : n/a

  • Published specification: : RFC TODO
  • Applications that use this media type: : Applications that issue, present, verify verifiable credentials and presentations.

  • Additional information:

    • Magic number(s): n/a
    • File extension(s): n/a
    • Macintosh file type code(s): n/a
    • Person & email address to contact for further information: TBD
    • Intended usage: COMMON
    • Restrictions on usage: none
    • Author: Oliver Terbu oliver.terbu@spruceid.com
    • Change controller: IETF

Appendix B. Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Alen Horvat, Andres Uribe, Brian Campbell, Christian Bormann, Giuseppe De Marco, Michael Jones, Mike Prorock, Orie Steele, Paul Bastian, Torsten Lodderstedt, Tobias Looker, and Kristina Yasuda for their contributions (some of which substantial) to this draft and to the initial set of implementations.

Appendix C. Document History

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Authors' Addresses

Oliver Terbu
Spruce Systems, Inc.
Daniel Fett
Authlete Inc.