@techreport{ssmith-acdc-03, number = {draft-ssmith-acdc-03}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ssmith-acdc/03/}, author = {Samuel M. Smith}, title = {{Authentic Chained Data Containers (ACDC)}}, pagetotal = 102, year = 2023, month = jul, day = 31, abstract = {An authentic chained data container (ACDC) {[}ACDC\_ID{]}{[}ACDC\_WP{]}{[}VCEnh{]} is an IETF {[}IETF{]} internet draft focused specification being incubated at the ToIP (Trust over IP) foundation {[}TOIP{]}{[}ACDC\_TF{]}. An ACDC is a variant of the W3C Verifiable Credential (VC) specification {[}W3C\_VC{]}. The W3C VC specification depends on the W3C DID (Decentralized IDentifier) specification {[}W3C\_DID{]}. A major use case for the ACDC specification is to provide GLEIF vLEIs (verifiable Legal Entity Identifiers) {[}vLEI{]}{[}GLEIF\_vLEI{]}{[}GLEIF\_KERI{]}. GLEIF is the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation {[}GLEIF{]}. ACDCs are dependent on a suite of related IETF focused standards associated with the KERI (Key Event Receipt Infrastructure) {[}KERI\_ID{]}{[}KERI{]} specification. These include CESR {[}CESR\_ID{]}, SAID {[}SAID\_ID{]}, PTEL {[}PTEL\_ID{]}, CESR-Proof {[}Proof\_ID{]}, IPEX {[}IPEX\_ID{]}, did:keri {[}DIDK\_ID{]}, and OOBI {[}OOBI\_ID{]}. Some of the major distinguishing features of ACDCs include normative support for chaining, use of composable JSON Schema {[}JSch{]}{[}JSchCp{]}, multiple serialization formats, namely, JSON {[}JSON{]}{[}RFC4627{]}, CBOR {[}CBOR{]}{[}RFC8949{]}, MGPK {[}MGPK{]}, and CESR {[}CESR\_ID{]}, support for Ricardian contracts {[}RC{]}, support for chain- link confidentiality {[}CLC{]}, a well defined security model derived from KERI {[}KERI{]}{[}KERI\_ID{]}, \_compact\_ formats for resource constrained applications, simple \_partial disclosure\_ mechanisms and simple \_selective disclosure\_ mechanisms. ACDCs provision data using a synergy of provenance, protection, and performance.}, }