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Request Revocation status [GFI-003]

Scope

The transaction Request Revocation Status is used by a verifier to determine the revocation status of a verifiable credential presented by a holder. The verifier sends a request to the revocation registry or authority specified in the credential to determine if the credential is still valid or has been revoked.

Actor Roles

Actor Role
Verifier Requests the revocation information of a verifiable credential
Issuer Provides the revocation information which the verifier can use to determine the status

Referenced standards

Messages

  1. Revocation Status Information Request
  2. Revocation Status Information Response
VerifierissuerVerifierissuerRevocation Status Information Request [GFI-003]Revocation Status Information Response [GFI-003]

Revocation Status Information Request

Trigger events
  • A Holder presents a verifiable credential to a verifier and the verifier needs to check the revocation status of the credential.
  • A timer based event to refresh the revocation status information based on the ValidUntil field in the status list credential.
Message semantics

The verifier initiates a revocation status information request using a HTTP GET request to the revocation URL specified in the verifiable credential under the credentialStatus property. Such as specified in the Bitstring Status List v1.0 specification.

Example

Note: these examples are non normative, for implementation the actual specifications should be followed.

Example of a revocable Verifiable Credential:

{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1",
    "https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/examples/v1",
    "https://w3id.org/vc/status-list/2021/v1"
  ],
  "id": "http://example.edu/credentials/3732",
  "type": ["VerifiableCredential", "UniversityDegreeCredential"],
  "issuer": "https://example.edu/issuers/14",
  "issuanceDate": "2020-03-10T04:24:12.164Z",
  "credentialSubject": {
    "id": "did:example:ebfeb1f712ebc6f1c276e12ec21",
    "degree": {
      "type": "BachelorDegree",
      "name": "Bachelor of Science and Arts"
    }
  },
  "credentialStatus": {
    "id": "https://example.edu/status/24#94567",
    "type": "BitstringStatusListEntry",
    "statusPurpose": "revocation",
    "statusListIndex": "94567",
    "statusListCredential": "https://example.edu/status/24"
  },
  "proof": {
    "type": "RsaSignature2018",
    "created": "2020-03-10T04:24:12Z",
    "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod",
    "verificationMethod": "https://example.edu/issuers/keys/1",
    "jws": "..."
  }
}

This results in the following request:

GET https://example.edu/status/24

Revocation Status Information Response

Trigger events

The requested party responds to the revocation status information request.

Message semantics

The Issuer should respond with the latest version of the status list credential, signed with the Issuer's proofing method.

Example

Note: these examples are non normative, for implementation the actual specifications should be followed.

Example of a Status List Credential response:

{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1",
    "https://w3id.org/vc/status-list/2021/v1"
  ],
  "id": "https://example.edu/status/24",
  "type": ["VerifiableCredential", "StatusList2021Credential"],
  "issuer": "https://example.edu/issuers/14",
  "validFrom": "2025-03-10T04:24:12Z",
  "ValidUntil": "2025-03-10T08:24:12Z",
  "credentialSubject": {
    "id": "https://example.edu/status/24#list",
    "type": "BitstringStatusList",
    "statusPurpose": "revocation",
    "encodedList": "H4sIAAAAAAAAA-3BMQEAAADCoPVPbQwfoAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPgG6AAB"
  },
  "proof": {
    "type": "RsaSignature2018",
    "created": "2020-03-10T04:24:12Z",
    "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod",
    "verificationMethod": "https://example.edu/issuers/keys/1",
    "jws": "..."
  }
}
Expected actions

The verifier processes the status list credential as specified by the Validate Algorithm section of the specification to determine the revocation status of the verifiable credential presented by the holder. The verifier decodes the encodedList field to obtain the bitstring representing the revocation status of credentials. The verifier checks the bit at the index specified in the statusListIndex field of the verifiable credential's credentialStatus property. If the bit is set to 1, the credential is revoked; if it is set to 0, the credential is valid.