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

Media type name: application

Media subtype name: vc+jwt

Required parameters: N/A

Optional parameters: N/A

Encoding considerations: binary

binary; application/jwt values are a series of base64url-encoded values (some of which may be the empty string) separated by period ('.').

Security considerations: https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-jose-cose/#security-considerations. See also the Security Considerations of RFC 7519.

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