Evaluating the Current State of Application Programming Interfaces for Verifiable Credentials

2021 18th International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST) Pub Date : 2021-12-13 DOI:10.1109/PST52912.2021.9647805

Nikesh Lalchandani, F. Jiang, J. Jeong, Y. Zolotavkin, R. Doss

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One of the challenges to the adoption of the decentralised approach to digital ID is a lack of consensus and standardisation of how different stakeholders within the ecosystem can inter-operate. As a means to address this issue, we examine the use of standard application programming interfaces (API) to integrate decentralised digital identification systems to preexisting ones. We first examine the current literature and solutions to (a) assess the attributes necessary to compare and contrast APIs, and (b) create a list of API providers within the decentralised digital ID marketplace, (c) compare the API providers against the attributes established. Based on an API Usability and Adoption framework as our lens, we assessed 19 service providers of APIs against their use cases. We identified that whilst the APIs are maturing, the APIs remain inconsistent and poorly adopted. A clear standard API could assist in better adoption. The guidance provided can inform organisations implementing digital identity and VCs along their adoption journey

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评估可验证凭证的应用程序编程接口的当前状态

采用去中心化的数字身份方法面临的挑战之一是，在生态系统中，不同的利益相关者如何相互操作，缺乏共识和标准化。为了解决这个问题，我们研究了标准应用程序编程接口(API)的使用，以将分散的数字识别系统集成到先前存在的系统中。我们首先检查当前的文献和解决方案，以(a)评估比较和对比API所需的属性，(b)在分散的数字ID市场中创建API提供商列表，(c)将API提供商与已建立的属性进行比较。基于API可用性和采用框架作为我们的视角，我们根据他们的用例评估了19个API服务提供商。我们发现，虽然api正在成熟，但api仍然不一致，而且采用得很差。一个清晰的标准API可以帮助更好地采用。所提供的指导可以为实施数字身份和风险投资的组织提供信息

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