TAO -> TI

As a Trusted Accreditation Organisation (TAO), it is possible to accredit Trusted Issuers (TIs) to issue Verifiable Attestations.

The Verifiable Accreditation should include:

Field	Description	Example
Issuer	DID of the TAO	did:cheqd:testnet:e66a9416-d03e-4ced-95e3-07af16e25bc5
Subject	DID of the Trusted Issuer that is being accredited	did:cheqd:testnet:f6e731f0-5bfb-429b-b2c7-e65a951d7b5e
Credential Subject	A set of structured permissions around what credentials the Trusted Issuer is accredited to issue, and in which jurisdiction.	See below
Terms of use	A set of policies setting out the scope of Trust Chain for Relying parties to validate against.	See below

Permissions

Root TAOs can set permissions under which TAOs must abide. This creates a level of codified governance for the trust ecosystem.

"credentialSubject": {
    "id": "did:cheqd:testnet:e66a9416-d03e-4ced-95e3-07af16e25bc5",
    "accreditedFor": [
      {
        "schemaId": "did:cheqd:testnet:8ea036da-f340-480d-8952-f5561ea1763c/resources/b10146d7-0d0f-41e0-8ee3-c76db64890be",
        "types": [
          "VerifiableCredential",
          "VerifiableAttestation",
          "DiplomaCredential"
        ],
        "limitJurisdiction": "https://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/atu/FIN"
      }
    ]
  },

Whereby:

Field	Description
schemaId	Schema of the Verifiable Accreditation that the SubTAO is accredited to issue themselves
types	Types of Credential that the SubTAO is accredited to issue
limitJurisdiction	Permission that the TAO can set to limit the jurisdictional scope of the credentials issued in the ecosystem

Policies

The Root TAO can also set polices known as the AccreditationPolicy within the termsOfUse section of the Verifiable Accreditation.

"termsOfUse": {
    "type": "AccreditationPolicy",
    "parentAccreditation": "did:cheqd:testnet:8ea036da-f340-480d-8952-f5561ea1763c/resources/18de60ec-bed1-42e5-980c-601c432bc60b",
    "rootAuthorisation": "did:cheqd:testnet:8ea036da-f340-480d-8952-f5561ea1763c/resources/18de60ec-bed1-42e5-980c-601c432bc60b",
    "trustFramework": "Name of the Governance Framework (GF)",
    "trustFrameworkId": "https://example.com/governance-framework/124"
  }

Whereby:

Field	Description
type	Must be AccreditationPolicy
parentAccreditation	The DID URL of the Accreditation issued by another TAO or the Root TAO to the TAO
rootAuthoroisation	The DID URL of the Root of Trust Verifiable Authorsation
trustFramework	Name of Governance Framework set by the Governance Authority
trustFrameworkId	URL linking to where the written Governance Framework is stored