(registered 2024-12-09, last updated 2024-12-09)

Media type name: application

Media subtype name: vc+cose

Required parameters: N/A

Optional parameters: N/A

Encoding considerations: binary

binary (CBOR)

Security considerations: https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-jose-cose/#security-considerations. See also the Security Considerations of RFC 9052.

Interoperability considerations: https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-jose-cose/#conformance

Published specification: https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-jose-cose/

Applications which use this media: W3C Verifiable Credential issuer, holder, and verifier software, conforming to the v2.0 data model, are among the applications that will use the media types. Conforming application types are described here https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-jose-cose/#conformance and here https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model-2.0/#conformance.

Fragment identifier considerations: N/A

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): N/A
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, public-vc-wg&w3.org