(registered 2024-07-05, last updated 2024-07-05)

Media type name: application

Media subtype name: vc

Required parameters: N/A

Optional parameters: N/A

Encoding considerations: binary

Security considerations: https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model-2.0/#security-considerations

Interoperability considerations: https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model-2.0/#conformance

Published specification: https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model-2.0/

Applications which use this media: Verifiable Credential issuer, holder, and verifier software are among the applications that will use the media types. Conforming application types are described here:

https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model-2.0/#conformance

Fragment identifier considerations: Fragment identifiers used with application/vc are treated as in JSON-LD, which are treated as in RDF syntaxes, as per RDF 1.1 Concepts and Abstract Syntax: https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#section-fragID

Restrictions on usage: N/A

Additional information:

1. Deprecated alias names for this type: N/A
2. Magic number(s): N/A
3. File extension(s): .vc
4. Macintosh file type code: N/A
5. Object Identifiers: N/A

Person to contact for further information:

1. Name: Ivan Herman
2. Email: ivan&w3.org

Intended usage: COMMON

Author/Change controller: W3C Verifiable Credentials Working Group