Sources
Primary institutional specifications and standards anchoring identity revocation terminology and credential lifecycle models.
The following sources provide institutional reference points for digital identity lifecycle management, credential status mechanisms, and revocation signaling across identity infrastructures. They serve as conceptual anchors for the terminology used on this site.
Decentralized Identity and Credential Status
W3C — Decentralized Identifiers (DID) Core
Core specification defining decentralized identifiers and lifecycle mechanisms including key rotation and revocation contexts.
W3C — Verifiable Credentials Data Model
Specification describing cryptographically verifiable credentials and status mechanisms used to determine whether credentials remain valid.
Credential Status and Revocation Mechanisms
W3C — Status List 2021
Mechanism for expressing credential status information including revocation and suspension states in privacy-preserving identity systems.
IETF — X.509 Certificate Revocation List (CRL)
Revocation infrastructure used in public key infrastructures for signaling invalid certificates.
Digital Identity Frameworks
NIST — Digital Identity Guidelines (SP 800-63)
Guidance framework describing identity proofing, authentication, and lifecycle management including credential revocation.
European Union — eIDAS Regulation
European regulatory framework governing electronic identification and trust services including revocation of digital certificates.
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/eidas-regulation
Traceability and Provenance Context
W3C — PROV Data Model
Conceptual model for representing provenance information and traceability of events in computational systems.
Source Boundary Discipline
- Sources anchor structural terminology and identity lifecycle concepts only.
- No operational security guidance is provided.
- No compliance interpretation or certification advice is derived.
- No vendor-specific identity systems are evaluated.