- This document specifies an API to allow user agents to mediate access - to, and representing, a verifiably-issued digital credential (e.g., a - government issued digital driver's license, a passport issued by a - country, a student card or diploma issued by a university, an employee - card issued by a company, a passenger's boarding pass issued by an - airline, a profile issued by an online social network, membership - cards, vaccination records, etc) license). The API builds on - [[[credential-management-1]]] as a means to request a digital - credential from the user agent or underlying platform. + This document specifies an API to enable [=user agents=] to mediate + access to, and presentation of, digital credentials such as a driver's + license, government-issued identification card, and/or [=credential type + examples|other types of digital credential=]. The API builds on + [[[credential-management-1]]] as a means by which to request a digital + credential from a user agent or underlying platform.
TBW
++ There are many types of digital credential that can be conveyed using + this API. + Examples of these types include: +
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