The Verifiable Claims Working Group has published a First Public Working Group Note of Verifiable Credentials Implementation Guidelines 1.0 along with an Updated Working Group Note of Verifiable Credentials Use Cases. The Implementation Guidelines document provides implementation guidance for the Verifiable Credentials Data Model 1.0 specification, while the Use Cases document provides use cases for the specification in order to make progress toward possible future standardization and interoperability of both low- and high-stakes claims with the goals of storing, transmitting, and receiving digitally verifiable proof of attributes such as qualifications and achievements.