Description
SemanticClarity would like to add its voice to supporting the creation of the W3C Linked Data Signatures Working Group.
Given Linked Data Signature adoption among governments around the world (for use in W3C Verifiable Credentials and W3C Decentralized Identifiers), as well as private industry (deployments to 152,000+ retail stores across the US)... and use in privacy-protecting digital signatures (BBS+) and other selective disclosure schemes... we think it's high time we cut an official standard that governments can use to move toward a more privacy-preserving future for their citizens.
The reasons above are in addition to all of the benefits that will be gained by verifiable data publishers -- there is a deep requirement to know where data came from on the Web today, misinformation is rampant, and this WG will standardize technologies that could be used to combat misinformation and gain trust in our Web-based data sources again.
For these reasons (and others), SemanticClarity is supportive of the LDS WG charter: