An eIDAS bridge, which is a component that proposes to enhance the legal certainty of any class of verifiable credentials
The eIDAS bridge is a component that proposes to enhance the legal certainty of any class of verifiable credential, by incorporating the issuer’s advanced or qualified electronic signature (if the issuer is a natural person) or seal (if the issuer is a legal person).
Basically it allows Issuers to issue credentials that incorporate the issuer’s advanced or qualified electronic signature (if the issuer is a natural person) or seal (if the issuer is a legal person).
Trustworthiness in a Verifiable Credential is linked to the issuer’s DID: Verifying the identity of the issuer is paramount, since there is no binding of a DID to a real-world natural or legal person per se.
The main role of the eIDAS Bridge is to assist:
- Issuers, in the process of signing/sealing a verifiable credential, and
- Verifiers, in the last mile of the verification process, to help identifying the natural or legal person behind an issuer’s DID.
Its functions are:
- Assist in setting up the Issuer’s qualified certificate.
- Assist in signing or sealing Verifiable Credentials with the private key of a qualified certificate.
- Assist in the verification process of a Verifiable Credential to retrieve the Qualified Certificate and verify it against the EU Trusted Lists.
Country: Spain
Further information: https://www.validatedid.com/
Team: Validated ID, SL
GitLab: https://gitlab.grnet.gr/essif-lab/infrastructure/validated-id/seb_project_summary