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Readiness verdict

SD-JWT VC (Selective Disclosure JWT Verifiable Credentials)

A dated reading of what is claimed, reported, and independently verified in the current evidence.

As of
2026-06-28
Revision
1
Method
v1.0.0

Current reading

The readiness gap, in one scan

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

Claimed
90

Public ambition and stated capability

Reported
87

Observed practitioner reporting

Verified
81

Independently supported evidence

Gap
+9

Claimed minus verified

Evidence strength Critical

Decision

What the current evidence supports

Human editorial judgment · 2026-06-28

Adopt with guardrails

Why
WG-complete, IESG-submitted (Publication Requested), built on the published RFC 9901, frozen into OpenID4VC and assessed by the EC with no gaps at draft 11 — it is effectively the de facto JSON credential format. The only real risk is version pinning against a still-pre-RFC draft, which guardrails handle.
Next
Standardize on the OpenID4VCI/VP-frozen SD-JWT VC version plus RFC 9901 (SD-JWT base); pin the exact draft revision in code and add a conformance test against the EUDI test suite when it ships (target end of April 2026)

Constraints

Blockers

No named blocker is present in the current public projection.

Evidence summary

Derived counts

AI-assisted assembly

Total
6
Tier 1
0
Tier 2
0
Tier 3
6
Supports
3
Contradicts
1
Context
2
Latest observed
2026-06-25

Counts and dates only. Raw signals, private excerpts, trust records, and internal corpus material are not published here.

Publication record

Revisions

Initial public reading

This is the initial public reading. No earlier readiness change is recorded.

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