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W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model

Information Model Identity openly published

What I make of it

Literally named “Data Model”. Notable gap.

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Model Details
Steward W3C
Layer Information Model
Domain Identity
Status live
Access Openly published
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How I know this

Compiled for the API Evangelist data model catalog, then confirmed against the steward's own site.

Confirmed 2026-08-11

Evidence: name evidence 3/3. Found something wrong? Tell me — corrections are cheap and I would rather be right.

Modernity Profile
79.0 Current
Access Open
Assessed 100.0% of the rubric

A separate measure from the Kin Score, which rates API providers. This rates how current a standard is in how it is expressed, published and paid for — not how good it is. EDIFACT and X12 score low here and move an enormous share of world trade.

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