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Organization Existence PA

Terminology​

For terms not explained in this document, please see Terminology.

  • Profile Annotation (PA)
  • Organization Existence PA: PA that guarantees the existence of the OP-holding organization

Organization Existence PA Properties​

It MUST comply with Profile Annotation .

Property​

@context​

REQUIRED. It MUST comply with OP VC Data Model . In addition, the third value MUST be "https://originator-profile.org/ns/cip/v1".

credentialSubject​

REQUIRED. It is JSON-LD Node Object that represents organization existence certificate.

  • id: REQUIRED. The OP ID of an organization holding the PA.
  • type: REQUIRED. Set it to JP-OrganizationExistenceCertificate.
  • name: OPTIONAL. The name of this PA (string).
  • description: OPTIONAL. A description of this PA (string).
  • image: OPTIONAL. MUST be a JSON-LD Node Object of type image datatype. This property allows you to verify that the PA image has not been tampered with.
  • corporateName: REQUIRED. Company name.
  • corporateNumber: REQUIRED. Corporate number
  • postalCode: REQUIRED. postal code
  • addressCountry: REQUIRED. Specifies the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, for example JP for Japan.
  • addressRegion: REQUIRED. Prefectures
  • addressLocality: REQUIRED. City,town,village
  • streetAddress: REQUIRED. Street address and building name
  • annotation: REQUIRED. It MUST be a Profile Annotation Policy.
note

The properties of the organization existence PA outside of Japan are currently under consideration.

Appendix​

Example​

This section is non-normative.

Below is a concrete example of an organization existence PA.

{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/v2",
    "https://originator-profile.org/ns/credentials/v1",
    "https://originator-profile.org/ns/cip/v1",
    {
      "@language": "en"
    }
  ],
  "type": ["VerifiableCredential", "ProfileAnnotation"],
  "issuer": "dns:ovac.exp.originator-profile.org",
  "credentialSubject": {
    "id": "dns:pa-holder.example.jp",
    "type": "JP-OrganizationExistenceCertificate",
    "image": {
      "id": "https://ovac.exp.originator-profile.org/image.png",
      "digestSRI": "sha256-mnvgmCrOr6G7F3CqphnQxVDBeQob5EFstF/n7jNNVwg="
    },
    "corporateName": "ABC Newspaper (* Development Sample)",
    "corporateNumber": "0000000000000",
    "postalCode": "000-0000",
    "addressCountry": "JP",
    "addressRegion": "Tokyo",
    "addressLocality": "Chiyoda",
    "streetAddress": "000",
    "annotation": {
      "id": "urn:uuid:def09cbd-6e8e-4c73-856d-5e00dffde643",
      "type": "ProfileAnnotationPolicy",
      "name": "Fictitious Organization Verification Authority Existence Certification",
      "description": "This organization has been verified to exist through corporate registration inquiry and other means.",
      "ref": "https://ovac.exp.originator-profile.org/"
    }
  }
}
Migration Required

If you are using a previous format that extends Certificate, such as the one below, it will become unverifiable after 2027-01-01. The issuer MUST migrate to the format defined in this document by then.

Organization Existence Certificate Properties​

Complies with Certificate.

Property​

@context​

REQUIRED. It MUST comply with OP VC Data Model . In addition, the third value MUST be "https://originator-profile.org/ns/cip/v1" .

credentialSubject​

REQUIRED. It is JSON-LD Node Object that represents organization existence certificate.

  • id: REQUIRED. OP ID of the certificate holding organization.
  • type: REQUIRED. It should be CertificateProperties.
  • description: OPTIONAL. A description of this certificate (string).
  • name: REQUIRED. Company name
  • corporateNumber: REQUIRED. Corporate number
  • postalCode: REQUIRED. postal code
  • addressCountry: REQUIRED. Specifies the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, for example JP for Japan.
  • addressRegion: REQUIRED. Prefectures
  • addressLocality: REQUIRED. City,town,village
  • streetAddress: REQUIRED. Street address and building name
  • certificationSystem.id: REQUIRED. Specify the ID of the certification system in URI format.
  • certificationSystem.type: REQUIRED. It MUST be CertificationSystem.
  • certificationSystem.name: REQUIRED. The name of the certification system.
  • certificationSystem.description: OPTIONAL. Explaining the certification system (string).
  • certificationSystem.ref: RECOMMENDED. The URL of a human-readable page to learn more about the certification system.
note

The properties of the organization existence certificate outside of Japan are currently under consideration.

Appendix​

Example​

This section is non-normative.

Below is a concrete example of an organization existence certificate.

{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/v2",
    "https://originator-profile.org/ns/credentials/v1",
    "https://originator-profile.org/ns/cip/v1",
    {
      "@language": "en"
    }
  ],
  "type": ["VerifiableCredential", "Certificate"],
  "issuer": "dns:ovac.exp.originator-profile.org",
  "credentialSubject": {
    "id": "dns:pa-holder.example.jp",
    "type": "CertificateProperties",
    "addressCountry": "JP",
    "name": "ABC Newspaper (* Development Sample)",
    "corporateNumber": "0000000000000",
    "postalCode": "000-0000",
    "addressRegion": "Tokyo",
    "addressLocality": "Chiyoda",
    "streetAddress": "000",
    "certificationSystem": {
      "id": "urn:uuid:def09cbd-6e8e-4c73-856d-5e00dffde643",
      "type": "CertificationSystem",
      "name": "Fictitious Organization Verification Authority Existence Certification",
      "description": "This organization has been verified to exist through corporate registration inquiry and other means.",
      "ref": "https://ovac.exp.originator-profile.org/"
    },
    "certifier": "Fictitious Organization Verification Authority",
    "image": {
      "id": "https://ovac.exp.originator-profile.org/image.png",
      "digestSRI": "sha256-mnvgmCrOr6G7F3CqphnQxVDBeQob5EFstF/n7jNNVwg="
    }
  }
}