📄 Digital credentials explainer and draft spec.
This draft (migrated to the Federated Identity on the Web WG in April 2025) specifies an API for user agents that would mediate access to, and representation of, verifiably-issued digital credentials.
These identities can range from government-issued documents, such as driver's licenses and passports, to start with, to other credential types, potentially in the future.
Digital Credentials builds upon Credential Management to enable the secure and private exchange of digital identity information. It facilitates authenticated interactions by representing digital credentials through the DigitalCredential interface, which embodies verifiable claims about an individual's identity.
This project covers the requesting mechanisms for digital credentials, including secure presentation aspects. It does not yet encompass the issuance process for establishing a digital identity nor UI/UX considerations beyond privacy aspects related to data protection during the request process.
🚧 Note: The API is still extremely unstable and undergoing a lot of changes (almost daily!). 🚧
However, if you want to try it out:
This is a draft (migrated to the Federated Identity on the Web WG in April 2025) under development. Contributions, feedback, and discussions are highly encouraged to refine and enhance the API specification. Join the WG to help us in shape the future of digital identity management on the web.
- Slack "fedid-wg" in W3C Community instance.
- Meeting notes
- Calendar
- Agenda doc
The initial proposals have been moved to the proposals folder. They are still available as historical references.