What is VC Render Method & Confidence Method?

Verifiable credentials are digital versions of things like passports or licences that follow W3C open standards: an issuer gives one to a holder, who proves something by showing it to a verifier. Two problems follow: a verifier must be sure the person presenting a credential is really entitled to use it, and the data must still be shown to people in a form they can see, hear or touch. These two W3C specifications address each. The Confidence Method describes ways to raise a verifier's confidence that the presenter is appropriately related to the credential, in the simplest case its legitimate recipient. The Render Method describes how to present a credential as a printed document, image, screen reader or braille output.

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