26 January 2026
Agenda
Review previous action items
From 12 January 2026:
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ACTION (✅): Group to add language to UX guidance doc to address Pierre Mougin’s concern that we have two potential locations to state publisher identity (metadata assertion vs identity assertion). → DONE (see later in agenda)
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ACTION (✅): Eric to mark UX guidance document as WG approved and submit to DIF SC for ratification. → DONE (awaiting SC response)
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ACTION (✅): Eric to mark org ID profile document as WG approved and submit to DIF SC for ratification. → DONE (awaiting SC response)
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ACTION: Scott to request rights to use the ToIP TF work on high-availability VIDs in the CAWG context.
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ACTION (✅): Eric to coordinate with Andrew to ensure that previous work on VC/VP work is an active PR against main. → DONE (see later in agenda)
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ACTION (✅): Eric to merge PR #250 (refer to C2PA 2.3). → DONE
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ACTION: Eric to work with each of the TF chairs to set up meeting times. → Awaiting DIF staff response
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ACTION (✅): Eric to revise the identity assertion as framework document to incorporate feedback received. → DONE
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ACTION (✅): Eric to publish identity assertion as framework document. → DONE
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ACTION: Charlie to confer with team at BBC about future of endorsement assertion and suggest next steps.
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ACTION (✅): Eric to draft a PR that adds language to metadata assertion regarding potential duplication of information. → DONE
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ACTION: Charlie to file new issue suggesting a closer linkage between the CAWG identity framework
signer_payload.rolefield and the Dublin Core metadata fields used in the CAWG metadata assertiopn. -
ACTION: Eric and Charlie to talk offline and then perhaps bring a proposal to the group.
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ACTION (✅): Eric to propose a PR that makes this explicit. → DONE (see later in agenda)
Review identity assertion PR #251: Add network traffic policy
Review PR #251: Add network traffic policy, based on discussion from last week.
Review identity assertion PR #252: W3C verifiable credential support
Preliminary read of PR #252: W3C verifiable credential support. Will discuss at length in task force to be started soon.
Triage open issues for CAWG identity assertion 1.3
Review 44 open issues against CAWG identity assertion spec. Sort into 1.3, post-1.3, or won’t do.
Review metadata assertion PR #10: Avoid duplication of information between identity and metadata assertions
did:unconf conference
Eric will be attending did:unconf Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, next month. Any topics / questions that CAWG would like to bring to that conference?