There's some interesting work on this going on in W3C, in the Verifiable Claims Working Group [1] and in the newly minted Decentralized Identifier Working Group

There's some interesting work on this going on in W3C, in the Verifiable Claims Working Group [1] and in the newly minted Decentralized Identifier Working Group [2]. I'm a member of the W3C Credentials Community Group (CCG) [3], which is where those two WGs started. There are also a number of other valuable efforts. Both in other Standards Development Organizations (SDOs), such as Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) [4], Apache HyperLedger projects like Aries [5], etc. And in working conferences/unconferences like Rebooting Web of Trust (RWOT) [6], and Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) [7]. On a tangential note, Unconferences are an interesting concept [8]. [1] https://www.w3.org/2017/vc/WG/ https://www.w3.org/2017/vc/WG/ [2] https://www.w3.org/2019/08/did-wg-charter.html https://www.w3.org/2019/08/did-wg-charter.html [3] https://w3c-ccg.github.io/ https://w3c-ccg.github.io/ [4] https://identity.foundation/ https://identity.foundation/ [5] https://www.hyperledger.org/projects/aries https://www.hyperledger.org/projects/aries [6] https://www.weboftrust.info/ https://www.weboftrust.info/ [7] https://internetidentityworkshop.com/ https://internetidentityworkshop.com/ [8] http://unconference.net/ http://unconference.net/