{"id":3,"date":"2026-02-21T14:34:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T14:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/community\/vsc\/2026\/02\/21\/call-for-participation-in-verifiable-supply-chain-community-group\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:46:40","slug":"call-for-participation-in-verifiable-supply-chain-community-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/community\/vsc\/2026\/02\/21\/call-for-participation-in-verifiable-supply-chain-community-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Participation in Verifiable Supply Chain Community Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Verifiable Supply Chain Community Group<\/a> has been launched:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The mission of the Verifiable Supply Chain Community Group is to accelerate the adoption of decentralized, verifiable data standards in global supply chains. We develop industry-specific profiles, interoperability frameworks, and certification guidelines that enable businesses to exchange cryptographically verifiable proofs of origin, custody, compliance, and sustainability\u2014building trust, reducing fraud, and unlocking new efficiency across multi-party industrial networks.<\/p>\n\n

Scope<\/p>\n\n

This group focuses on the practical implementation, industry alignment, and certification of supply chain applications using the W3C’s Verifiable Credentials (VC) ecosystem and related protocols like UORA.<\/p>\n\n

Industry-Specific Profiles: Develop and maintain VC\/UORA profiles and data schemas tailored to key verticals (e.g., pharmaceuticals, automotive, food & beverage, critical minerals, luxury goods). These profiles map regulatory and business requirements to verifiable data formats.<\/p>\n\n

Interoperability & Compliance: Create test suites, mapping documents, and implementation guides to ensure interoperability between verifiable supply chain systems and legacy standards (e.g., GS1 EPCIS, ISO standards, regulatory frameworks like DSCSA, CBAM, EUDR).<\/p>\n\n

Certification & Trust Frameworks: Define governance models, trust anchor requirements, and conformance criteria for organizations issuing and consuming verifiable supply chain claims.<\/p>\n\n

Use Cases & Business Value: Document high-impact business cases, ROI models, and reference architectures that demonstrate how verifiable credentials solve specific supply chain problems (anti-counterfeiting, ESG reporting, duty\/tax compliance, recall management).<\/p>\n\n

Relationship to UORA CG<\/p>\n\n

This group is a downstream adopter and specializer of the UORA CG’s core technical specifications. While UORA defines the universal \nprotocol for asset attestation, this group focuses on industry-specific constraints, business rules, and multi-stakeholder governance required for real-world supply chain deployment. The two groups will maintain a formal liaison for synchronized development.<\/p>\n\n

Deliverables<\/p>\n\n

Industry Blueprints: A library of public, reusable VC\/UORA profiles for major supply chain verticals, starting with Pharmaceuticals and Critical Minerals.<\/p>\n\n

Interoperability Toolkit: Specifications and software tools for translating between existing supply chain event data (e.g., EPCIS events) and verifiable, DID-anchored attestations.<\/p>\n\n

Trust Framework Template: A customizable template for supply chain networks to establish governance, accreditation, and compliance rules for verifiable credential issuers.<\/p>\n\n

Business Implementation Guide: A non-technical playbook for executives and solution architects, detailing steps to pilot and scale verifiable supply chain systems, with quantified case studies.<\/p>\n\n

Success Criteria\n<\/p>\n\n

The group will be considered successful when:<\/p>\n\n