Verifiable Health Link
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## : Test Plan – Trust Anchor - JSON Representation

Active as of 2026-03-12

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      "resourceType" : "TestPlan",
      "id" : "TestPlan-TrustAnchor",
      "url" : "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/TestPlan/TestPlan-TrustAnchor",
      "version" : "0.0.2-current",
      "name" : "TestPlan_TrustAnchor",
      "title" : "Test Plan – Trust Anchor",
      "status" : "active",
      "date" : "2026-03-12T12:40:14+00:00",
      "publisher" : "IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee",
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            }
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      "description" : "Unit test plan for the **Trust Anchor** actor of the IHE ITI Verifiable Health Links (VHL) profile.\n\nScope: validates all behaviour expected of a Trust Anchor as described in ITI-YY1 (responder)\nand ITI-YY2 (responder). Each test suite (testCase) corresponds to one transaction and exercises\nthree atomic feature files: message semantics (shared), responder expected actions, and security\nconsiderations.",
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          🔗 "reference" : "ActorDefinition/TrustAnchor"
        }
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              "narrative" : "**ITI-YY1 Message Semantics** – Verifies the DID Document message format that the Trust Anchor\nmust validate: mandatory @context / id / verificationMethod fields, verification method structure,\npublic key format (JWK/RFC 7517), private key exclusion, accepted cryptographic suites, key\nstrength (P-256+), and HTTP POST / Content-Type requirements.\nSource: section 2:3.YY1.4.1.2 (Message Semantics).",
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                  "display" : "ITI-YY1 Submit PKI Material – Message Semantics"
                }
              }
            },
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              "narrative" : "**ITI-YY1 Trust Anchor Expected Actions** – Verifies structural and cryptographic validation,\nidentity authentication and authorisation, cataloguing, rejection criteria, revocation and\nupdate support, and correct HTTP response codes (201 / 400 / 401 / 403 / 422).\nSource: sections 2:3.YY1.4.1.3 (Responder) and 2:3.YY1.4.2 (Response Message).",
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              }
            },
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              "narrative" : "**ITI-YY1 Security Considerations** – Verifies §2:3.YY1.5 requirements: DID Document integrity\n(signed submissions), key material security (private key exclusion, minimum strength), identity\nverification (TLS, authentication mechanisms), DID Document validation (approved algorithms,\nusage arrays), and revocation distribution controls.",
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              "narrative" : "**ITI-YY2 Message Semantics** – Verifies the request message options (single-DID GET,\nbulk GET, mCSD query, URL encoding, optional query parameters) and response message\nformats (single DID Document, collection, mCSD searchset Bundle, returned DID Document\ncontent requirements).\nSource: section 2:3.YY2.4 (Request and Response Messages).",
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                  "display" : "ITI-YY2 Retrieve Trust List – Message Semantics"
                }
              }
            },
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              "narrative" : "**ITI-YY2 Trust Anchor Expected Actions** – Verifies active-document-only filtering (no\nrevoked/expired DID Documents), authentication and authorisation enforcement (401/403),\n404 handling for unknown DIDs, and optional response signing.\nSource: sections 2:3.YY2.4.2 (Response Message) and 2:3.YY2.5 (Security Considerations).",
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              "narrative" : "**ITI-YY2 Security Considerations** – Verifies TLS enforcement, response integrity\nverification, access control restrictions, and revocation propagation requirements.",
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