@digitalcredentials/credentials-v2-context v1.0.0

Verifiable Credentials Data Model 2.0 Context for JavaScript (@digitalbazaar/credentials-v2-context)

A Verifiable Credentials Data Model 2.0 context library for JavaScript.

Table of Contents

• Background
• Install
• Usage
• API
• Status
• Developing
• Commercial Support
• License

Background

See also (related specs):

• Verifiable Credentials Data Model 2.0

Install

• Requires Node.js 18+

To install via NPM:

npm install @digitalbazaar/credentials-v2-context

Usage

// ESM
import {
  CONTEXT,
  CONTEXT_URL,
  constants,
  context
} from '@digitalbazaar/credentials-v2-context';

// CommonJS
const ctx = require('@digitalbazaar/credentials-v2-context');
const {
  CONTEXT,
  CONTEXT_URL,
  constants,
  context
} = ctx;

// Default context URL
CONTEXT_URL
// -> 'https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/v2'

// Default context data
CONTEXT
// -> full context object

// Codec term map value for CBOR-LD
constants.CBORLD_VALUE
// -> 0x0

// get context data for a specific context
const data = contexts.get('https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/v2');

This package can be used with bundlers, such as webpack, in browser applications.

API

The library exports the following properties:

• CONTEXT_URL: Default context URL.
• CONTEXT: Default context data.
• CBORLD_VALUE: Default codec term map value for CBOR-LD.
• constants: A Object that maps constants to well-known context URLs. The main constant CONTEXT_URL may be updated from time to time to the latest context location.
• contexts: A Map that maps all context URLs to full context data.
• appContextMap: For use with the cborld library.

Status

• https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/v2: Under development. Not stable.

Developing

Source is available at:

• https://github.com/digitalbazaar/credentials-v2-context

WARNING: The .jsonld in contexts/ is auto-generated by the npm run build script, each time you run the test suite.

DO NOT edit it directly (or your changes will be quickly overwritten). Instead, make all context changes to js/context.js.

Commercial Support

Commercial support for this library is available upon request from Digital Bazaar: support@digitalbazaar.com

License

• BSD 3-Clause © Digital Bazaar
• See the LICENSE file for details.