Digital Credentials
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Three Party Model
The three-party model, also known as the Issuer-Holder-Verifier (IHV) model or "triangle of trust", is the foundational architecture behind verifiable digital credentials.
Credential Verification
Verification is the process by which a party determines whether a verifiable digital credential is authentic, unaltered, and suitable for a given use.
Credential Issuance
Issuance is the process by which a trusted authority creates a verifiable digital credential and provides it to a holder.
Credential Formats
SD-JWT VC
Entities and Layering
This page focuses on the relationship and layers between entities and components which directly relate to the Digital Credentials API: presentation and issuance protocols, credential managers, browsers and apps, operating systems, and transport protocols.