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VC verify should accept a VP without `verifiableCredential` property

See original GitHub issue

The verifiableCredential property is not required (https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model/#presentations-0).

https://github.com/digitalbazaar/vc-js/blob/master/lib/vc.js#L399

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Created 4 years ago
Comments:5 (5 by maintainers)

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dlongleycommented, Feb 27, 2020

Reuse of this lib. There’s no reason to have to keep reimplementing code that creates VPs in every lib when this lib will do just fine.

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dmitrizagidulincommented, Feb 27, 2020

@dlongley What’s the argument for being able to create a VP without a verifiableCredential, in this lib? (I can sort of understand the argument for verify() being able to do it, for future compatibility with ZKPs etc.) But why create?

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