A Verifier-Centric Conceptual Model for Digital Credential Ecosystems

arXiv:2607.10747 · cs.CR, cs.CY · Submitted 2026-07-12 · Read on arXiv

cs.CR, cs.CY

Submitted: 2026-07-12

Updated: 2026-09-26

Comments: 21 pages, 4 figures, 6 tables

Project page: https://digitalcredentials.github.io/dcc-known-registries/known-did-registries.json

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

Verification — 190× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Verifier — 169× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Verifiability — 13× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Generalization — 5× in this paper · explained in 13 episodes
Originator Profile — 5× in this paper
Verifiable Credentials — 4× in this paper
Abstraction — 3× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
Trace — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Core — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Credential Transparency Description Language — 2× in this paper
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology — 2× in this paper
Aggregation — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
Cooperation — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Information Asymmetry — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Interpretability — 1× in this paper · explained in 15 episodes
Lecture Notes in Informatics — 1× in this paper
List of Trusted Entities — 1× in this paper
OpenID4VC High Assurance Interoperability Profile — 1× in this paper
Sustainable and Interoperable Digital Identity — 1× in this paper

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