Schemas (JSON Examples)

These are verifiable credentials JSON examples.

Education

European Student Card (ESC) - Schema

[
    {
        "credentialSubject": {
            "contactPoint": {
                "emailAddress": "[email protected]",
                "phone": "[phone]"
            },
            "enrollmentIn": {
                "academicLevel": {
                    "notation": "Bachelor",
                    "prefLabel": {
                        "en": "Bachelor level"
                    },
                    "type": "Code"
                },
                "nonISCEDFthematicArea": {
                    "en": "Mechanical Engineering"
                },
                "thematicArea": {
                    "id": "http://example.org/iscedf/0710",
                    "inScheme": "http://example.org/iscedf/",
                    "prefLabel": {
                        "en": "Engineering and engineering trades"
                    },
                    "type": "Concept"
                },
                "type": "Enrollment"
            },
            "fullName": {
                "en": "Jane Doe"
            },
            "identifier": {
                "dcType": "ESI",
                "notation": "ESI123456789",
                "type": "Identifier"
            },
            "personAffiliation": "student",
            "type": "Person"
        },
        "type": [
            "VerifiableCredential",
            "europeanStudentCard"
        ]
    }
]

OpenBadge (AchievementCredential) - Schema

[
    {
        "@context": [
            "https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/v2",
            "https://purl.imsglobal.org/spec/ob/v3p0/context-3.0.3.json"
        ],
        "credentialSubject": {
            "achievement": {
                "achievementType": "CertificateOfCompletion",
                "criteria": {
                    "id": "https://example.edu/courses/data-science-101/criteria",
                    "narrative": "Completed all modules and passed the final assessment with a score of at least 85%.",
                    "type": [
                        "Criteria"
                    ]
                },
                "description": "Completed the introductory Data Science 101 course.",
                "id": "https://example.edu/achievements/data-science-101",
                "name": "Data Science 101",
                "type": [
                    "Achievement"
                ]
            },
            "type": [
                "AchievementSubject"
            ]
        },
        "type": [
            "VerifiableCredential",
            "AchievementCredential"
        ]
    }
]

ELM 3.3 - (Micro-credentials, Diploma, ToS, etc.) Schema

[
    {
        "@context": [
            "https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"
        ],
        "credentialSubject": {
            "credentialProfile": "EDC-generic",
            "learningAchievement": {
                "id": "urn:uuid:8a3e8b91-7f47-4c2d-8d71-9d5a64a3c1f2",
                "title": {
                    "en": "Microcredential in Digital Identity Foundations"
                },
                "description": {
                    "en": "This microcredential certifies the successful completion of a short learning programme on digital identity and trust services."
                },
                "learningOutcome": [
                    {
                        "id": "urn:uuid:lo-1",
                        "description": {
                            "en": "Understand the principles of decentralized identity and verifiable credentials."
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "id": "urn:uuid:lo-2",
                        "description": {
                            "en": "Explain the role of trust frameworks in digital identity ecosystems."
                        }
                    }
                ],
                "creditPoint": {
                    "framework": "ECTS",
                    "value": 2
                },
                "awardingBody": {
                    "id": "did:web:university.example.eu",
                    "legalName": {
                        "en": "Example European University"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "type": [
            "VerifiableCredential",
            "EuropeanDigitalCredential"
        ]
    }
]

Alliance ID

{
  "credentialSubject": {
    "identifier": {
      "schemeID": "test",
      "value": "test"
    }
  }
}

Workshop Ticket

{
  "credentialSubject": {
        "workshopRef": ["urn:schac:workshopID:test:test:test"],
        "display": "Jane Doe",
        "givenName": "Jane",
        "familyName": "Doe",
        "email": "[email protected]"
    }
}

StudentID (MyAcademicID) (v1)

{
    "credentialSubject": {
        "identifier": [
            {
                "schemeID": "European Student Identifier",
                "value": "urn:schac:personalUniqueCode:int:esi:gataca.test:XXXYYYZZZ",
                "id": "urn:schac:personalUniqueCode:int:esi:gataca.test:XXXYYYZZZ"
            }
        ],
        "firstName": "John",
        "familyName": "Doe"
    }
}

MyAcademicID (v2)

{
  "credentialSubject": {
    "communityUserIdentifier": "[email protected]",
    "displayName": "Jane Doe",
    "givenName": "Jane",
    "familyName": "Doe",
    "emailAddress": "[email protected]",
    "assurance": [
      "https://refeds",
      "https://refeds/ID/unique",
      "https://refeds/ID/eppn-unique-no-reassign",
      "https://refeds/IAP/low",
      "https://refeds$/ATP/ePA-1m",
      "https://refeds/ATP/ePA-1d"
    ]
  }
}

Diploma

{
    "credentialSubject": {
        "identifier": {
            "schemeID": "Student identification number",
            "value": "XXXYYYZZZ"
        },
        "achieved": [
            {
                "id": "urn:epass:learningAchievement:1",
                "identifier": [
                    {
                        "schemeID": "XXX Certificate ID",
                        "value": "XXXYYYZZZ"
                    }
                ],
                "specifiedBy": [
                    {
                        "id": "urn:epass:qualification:1",
                        "eqflLevel": "http: //data.europa.eu/snb/eqf/6",
                        "title": "Software Engineer"
                    }
                ],
                "title": "Software Engineer",
                "wasAwardedBy": {
                    "awardingBody": [
                        "Gataca University"
                    ],
                    "awardingDate": "2008-10-18T00:00:00Z",
                    "awardingLocation": [
                        "https: //essif.europa.eu/madrid"
                    ],
                    "id": "urn:epass:awardingProcess:1"
                },
                "hasPart": {
                    "learningAchievements": [
                        {
                            "id": "urn:epass:learningAchievement:XXXYYYYZZZ",
                            "specifiedBy": [
                                {
                                    "id": "urn:epass:qualification:2",
                                    "title": "Data Structures",
                                    "volumeOfLearning": "6"
                                }
                            ],
                            "title": "Data Structures",
                            "wasDerivedFrom": [
                                {
                                    "grade": "18",
                                    "id": "urn:epass:assessment:2",
                                    "title": "Data Structures"
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "id": "urn:epass:learningAchievement:XXXXYYYZZZZ",
                            "specifiedBy": [
                                {
                                    "id": "urn:epass:qualification:3",
                                    "title": "Programming II",
                                    "volumeOfLearning": "6"
                                }
                            ],
                            "title": "Programming II",
                            "wasDerivedFrom": [
                                {
                                    "grade": "15",
                                    "id": "urn:epass:assessment:3",
                                    "title": "Programming II"
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "id": "urn:epass:learningAchievement:4",
                            "specifiedBy": [
                                {
                                    "id": "urn:epass:qualification:4",
                                    "title": "Computer Architecture",
                                    "volumeOfLearning": "6"
                                }
                            ],
                            "title": "Computer Architecture",
                            "wasDerivedFrom": [
                                {
                                    "grade": "15",
                                    "id": "urn:epass:assessment:4",
                                    "title": "Computer Architecture"
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "id": "urn:epass:learningAchievement:5",
                            "specifiedBy": [
                                {
                                    "id": "urn:epass:qualification:5",
                                    "title": "Artificial Intelligence",
                                    "volumeOfLearning": "6"
                                }
                            ],
                            "title": "Artificial Intelligence",
                            "wasDerivedFrom": [
                                {
                                    "grade": "15",
                                    "id": "urn:epass:assessment:5",
                                    "title": "Artificial Intelligence"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

Transcript of Records (ToR) - Schema

{
    "credentialSubject": {
        "achieved": [
            {
                "id": "urn:uuid:8f6d4f6a-6d9c-4c77-9c62-2f6c1bca8f10",
                "title": "Bachelor of Computer Science",
                "wasAwardedBy": {
                    "awardingBody": [
                        "Example University"
                    ],
                    "awardingDate": "2026-02-10T00:00:00Z",
                    "awardingLocation": [
                        "https://example.edu/campuses/main"
                    ],
                    "id": "urn:uuid:31f3e9a7-0e0d-4f7c-a3a8-4b8d1d7b7f4e"
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "type": [
        "VerifiableCredential",
        "transcriptOfRecordsCredential"
    ]
}

Education ID

{
  "credentialSubject": {
    "identifier": "xxxxxxx",
    "schacPersonalUniqueCode": ["yyyyyy"],
    "schacPersonalUniqueID": "urn:schac:personalUniqueID:es:zzzzzz",
    "schacHomeOrganization": "Gataca",
    "familyName": "Doe",
    "firstName": "Jane",
    "displayName": "Jane",
    "dateOfBirth": "1983-03-05",
    "commonName": "Jane Doe",
    "mail": "[email protected]",
    "eduPersonPrincipalName": "xxxxyyyyyzzzzz",
    "eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation": "member",
    "eduPersonAffiliation": ["member", "stuff"],
    "eduPersonScopedAffiliation": ["affiliation1"],
    "eduPersonAssurance": ["assurance1"]
  }
}

EDC (ELM 3.2)

[
    {
        "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/v2"],
        "credentialSubject": {
            "type": "Person",
            "identifier": [
                {
                    "id": "urn:epass:identifier:2",
                    "type": "Identifier",
                    "notation": "5412254",
                    "schemeName": "Student Identifier"
                }
            ],
            "givenName": {
                "en": [
                    "David"
                ]
            },
            "familyName": {
                "en": [
                    "Smith"
                ]
            },
            "fullName": {
                "en": [
                    "David Smith"
                ]
            },
            "hasClaim": [
                {
                    "id": "urn:epass:learningAchievement:1",
                    "type": "LearningAchievement",
                    "awardedBy": {
                        "id": "urn:epass:awardingProcess:1",
                        "type": "AwardingProcess",
                        "awardingBody": [
                            {
                                "id": "urn:epass:org:1",
                                "type": "Organisation",
                                "location": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "urn:epass:location:1",
                                        "type": "Location",
                                        "address": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "urn:epass:address:1",
                                                "type": "Address",
                                                "countryCode": {
                                                    "id": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/BEL",
                                                    "type": "Concept",
                                                    "inScheme": {
                                                        "id": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country",
                                                        "type": "ConceptScheme"
                                                    },
                                                    "prefLabel": {
                                                        "en": [
                                                            "Belgium"
                                                        ]
                                                    },
                                                    "notation": "country"
                                                },
                                                "fullAddress": {
                                                    "id": "urn:epass:note:1",
                                                    "type": "Note",
                                                    "noteLiteral": {
                                                        "en": [
                                                            "Here"
                                                        ]
                                                    }
                                                }
                                            }
                                        ],
                                        "description": {
                                            "en": [
                                                "The Address"
                                            ]
                                        }
                                    }
                                ],
                                "legalName": {
                                    "en": [
                                        "University of Life"
                                    ]
                                },
                                "registration": {
                                    "id": "urn:epass:legalIdentifier:2",
                                    "type": "LegalIdentifier",
                                    "notation": "987654321",
                                    "spatial": {
                                        "id": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/BEL",
                                        "type": "Concept",
                                        "inScheme": {
                                            "id": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country",
                                            "type": "ConceptScheme"
                                        },
                                        "prefLabel": {
                                            "en": [
                                                "Belgium"
                                            ]
                                        },
                                        "notation": "country"
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "description": {
                        "en": [
                            "has attended the Europass Digital Credentials Live Webinar"
                        ]
                    },
                    "title": {
                        "en": [
                            "Certificate of Completion"
                        ]
                    },
                    "specifiedBy": {
                        "id": "urn:epass:learningAchievementSpec:1",
                        "type": "LearningAchievementSpecification",
                        "title": {
                            "en": [
                                "Certificate of Completion"
                            ]
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": "urn:epass:activity:1",
                    "type": "LearningActivity",
                    "awardedBy": {
                        "id": "urn:epass:awardingProcess:1",
                        "type": "AwardingProcess",
                        "awardingBody": [
                            {
                                "id": "urn:epass:org:1",
                                "type": "Organisation",
                                "location": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "urn:epass:location:1",
                                        "type": "Location",
                                        "address": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "urn:epass:address:1",
                                                "type": "Address",
                                                "countryCode": {
                                                    "id": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/BEL",
                                                    "type": "Concept",
                                                    "inScheme": {
                                                        "id": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country",
                                                        "type": "ConceptScheme"
                                                    },
                                                    "prefLabel": {
                                                        "en": [
                                                            "Belgium"
                                                        ]
                                                    },
                                                    "notation": "country"
                                                },
                                                "fullAddress": {
                                                    "id": "urn:epass:note:1",
                                                    "type": "Note",
                                                    "noteLiteral": {
                                                        "en": [
                                                            "Here"
                                                        ]
                                                    }
                                                }
                                            }
                                        ],
                                        "description": {
                                            "en": [
                                                "The Address"
                                            ]
                                        }
                                    }
                                ],
                                "legalName": {
                                    "en": [
                                        "University of Life"
                                    ]
                                },
                                "registration": {
                                    "id": "urn:epass:legalIdentifier:2",
                                    "type": "LegalIdentifier",
                                    "notation": "987654321",
                                    "spatial": {
                                        "id": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/BEL",
                                        "type": "Concept",
                                        "inScheme": {
                                            "id": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country",
                                            "type": "ConceptScheme"
                                        },
                                        "prefLabel": {
                                            "en": [
                                                "Belgium"
                                            ]
                                        },
                                        "notation": "country"
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "title": {
                        "en": [
                            "Watching presentations and EDC demo during the webinar"
                        ]
                    },
                    "directedBy": [
                        {
                            "id": "urn:epass:org:1",
                            "type": "Organisation",
                            "location": [
                                {
                                    "id": "urn:epass:location:1",
                                    "type": "Location",
                                    "address": [
                                        {
                                            "id": "urn:epass:address:1",
                                            "type": "Address",
                                            "countryCode": {
                                                "id": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/BEL",
                                                "type": "Concept",
                                                "inScheme": {
                                                    "id": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country",
                                                    "type": "ConceptScheme"
                                                },
                                                "prefLabel": {
                                                    "en": [
                                                        "Belgium"
                                                    ]
                                                },
                                                "notation": "country"
                                            },
                                            "fullAddress": {
                                                "id": "urn:epass:note:1",
                                                "type": "Note",
                                                "noteLiteral": {
                                                    "en": [
                                                        "Here"
                                                    ]
                                                }
                                            }
                                        }
                                    ],
                                    "description": {
                                        "en": [
                                            "The Address"
                                        ]
                                    }
                                }
                            ],
                            "legalName": {
                                "en": [
                                    "University of Life"
                                ]
                            },
                            "registration": {
                                "id": "urn:epass:legalIdentifier:2",
                                "type": "LegalIdentifier",
                                "notation": "987654321",
                                "spatial": {
                                    "id": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/BEL",
                                    "type": "Concept",
                                    "inScheme": {
                                        "id": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country",
                                        "type": "ConceptScheme"
                                    },
                                    "prefLabel": {
                                        "en": [
                                            "Belgium"
                                        ]
                                    },
                                    "notation": "country"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    ],
                    "specifiedBy": {
                        "id": "urn:epass:learningActivitySpec:1",
                        "type": "LearningActivitySpecification",
                        "title": {
                            "en": [
                                "Watching presentations and EDC demo during the webinar"
                            ]
                        },
                        "dcType": [
                            {
                                "id": "http://data.europa.eu/snb/learning-activity/efff75e10a",
                                "type": "Concept",
                                "inScheme": {
                                    "id": "http://data.europa.eu/snb/learning-activity/25831c2",
                                    "type": "ConceptScheme"
                                },
                                "prefLabel": {
                                    "en": [
                                        "workshop, seminar or conference"
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ],
                        "language": [
                            {
                                "id": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ENG",
                                "type": "Concept",
                                "inScheme": {
                                    "id": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language",
                                    "type": "ConceptScheme"
                                },
                                "prefLabel": {
                                    "en": [
                                        "English"
                                    ]
                                },
                                "notation": "language"
                            }
                        ],
                        "mode": [
                            {
                                "id": "http://data.europa.eu/snb/learning-assessment/920fbb3cbe",
                                "type": "Concept",
                                "inScheme": {
                                    "id": "http://data.europa.eu/snb/learning-assessment/25831c2",
                                    "type": "ConceptScheme"
                                },
                                "prefLabel": {
                                    "en": [
                                        "Online"
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "workload": "PT1H"
                }
            ]
        },
        "type": [
            "VerifiableCredential",
            "edcCredential"
        ]
    }
]

Event

Conference Ticket

{
    "credentialSubject": {
        "familyName": "Doe",
        "firstName": "Jane",
        "company": "Gataca",
        "role": "Placeholder",
        "eventName": "Mobile World Congress '23",
        "ticketType": "Startup"
    },
    "expirationDate": "2026-03-05T19:23:24Z"
}

Participant (ParticipantCredential) - Schema

[
    {
        "credentialSubject": {
            "firstName": "John",
            "familyName": "Doe",
            "participantId": "00004134",
            "issuerName": "ACME" // ---> optional
        },
        "expirationDate": "2027-01-01T00:00:00Z", // ---> optional
        "type": [
            "VerifiableCredential",
            "ParticipantCredential"
        ]
    }
]

Banking

Bank Account

{
   "credentialSubject":{
         "accountNumber":"ES0000000000000000",
         "averageBalance":"17348",
         "averageBalanceYear":"136704",
         "bankName":"ACME Bank",
         "firstName":"John",
         "lastName":"Doe",
         "swift":"AAAA-BB-CC-123"
   },
   "expirationDate": "2025-03-05T19:23:24Z"
}

Credit Card

{
      "credentialSubject": {
            "cardNumber": "1234 5678 9012 3456",
            "holderName": "Name Last Name",
            "expiryMonth": "12",
            "expiryYear": "2024",
            "cvv":"123"
      },
      "type": [
            "VerifiableCredential",
            "creditCardCredential"
      ],
      "expirationDate": "2024-12-01T19:23:24Z"
}

Identity

Birth Certificate (birthCertificateCredential)

{
  "credentialSubject": {
    "reference": "ABC-123-XZ",
    "lastName": "Doe",
    "firstName": "Jane",
    "dateOfBirth": "1983-06-21T02:23:24Z",
    "placeOfBirth": "Madrid",
    "countryOfBirth": "Spain",
    "gender": "Female",
    "nationality": "Spanish"
  }
}

Legal age (ageCredential) - Schema

{
    "credentialSubject": {
        "legalAge": "18+"
    },
    "type": [
        "VerifiableCredential",
        "ageCredential"
    ]
}

Travel

Boarding Pass (boardingPassCredential)

{
  "credentialSubject": {
    "subjectIdentifier": "12345678M",
    "ticketIdentifier": "79K65ES",
    "ticketPrice": "342.12",
    "lastName": "Doe",
    "firstName": "Jane",
    "seatType": "Turist",
    "seatNumber": "56F",
    "departureDate": "2024-03-14T14:00:00Z",
    "arrivalDate": "2024-03-14T17:00:00Z",
    "arrivalPlace": "ROM",
    "vehicleDescription": "4354-LF"
  }
}

Verifiable Key (keyCredential)

Healthcare

ePrescription (ePrescriptionCredential)

{
  "credentialSubject": {
    "identifier": "123456",
    "name": "Dexketoprofeno",
    "sku": "A675GTR-23",
    "quantity": 2
  },
  "expirationDate": "2026-03-14T12:00:00Z"
}

Enterprise

Organization Data Exchange (TrustBridge) - Schema

[
  {
    "credentialSubject": {
      "exchange": {
        "data": [
          {
            "content": {
              "academicYear": "2025/26",
              "hostInstitution": "University of Gataca",
              "program": "Erasmus+ Mobility for Studies",
              "students": [
                {
                  "email": "[email protected]",
                  "familyName": "Janssens",
                  "fieldOfStudy": "Engineering",
                  "givenName": "Sophie",
                  "plannedPeriod": {
                    "endDate": "2026-02-15",
                    "startDate": "2025-09-15"
                  },
                  "studentId": "GAT-2025-001"
                },
                {
                  "email": "[email protected]",
                  "familyName": "Peeters",
                  "fieldOfStudy": "Economics",
                  "givenName": "Thomas",
                  "plannedPeriod": {
                    "endDate": "2026-06-30",
                    "startDate": "2025-09-15"
                  },
                  "studentId": "GAT-2025-002"
                }
              ]
            },
            "descriptor": {
              "mediaType": "application/json",
              "schema": "https://schema.org/Person",
              "title": "List of Gataca students nominated for Erasmus at Madrid (AY 2025/26)",
              "version": "1.0"
            },
            "id": "student-roster-2025-2026"
          }
        ],
        "exchangeId": "erasmus-2025-2026-gataca",
        "legalBasis": "Erasmus+ Inter-Institutional Agreement 2025/IIA/067",
        "participants": [
          {
            "contact": {
              "email": "[email protected]",
              "url": "https://www.gataca.io"
            },
            "id": "did:example:org:gataca",
            "name": "Gataca",
            "role": "sender"
          },
          {
            "contact": {
              "email": "[email protected]",
              "url": "https://www.acme.io"
            },
            "id": "did:example:org:acme",
            "name": "University of ACMe",
            "role": "recipient"
          }
        ],
        "permissions": [
          {
            "action": "use",
            "constraints": [
              "purpose:student-mobility-administration"
            ],
            "grantedTo": "recipient"
          },
          {
            "action": "store",
            "constraints": [
              "ttl:one-academic-year"
            ],
            "grantedTo": "recipient"
          }
        ],
        "provenance": [
          {
            "at": "2025-10-02T12:40:00Z",
            "by": "did:example:org:gataca",
            "note": "Roster generated by Gataca Erasmus office",
            "type": "created"
          },
          {
            "at": "2025-10-02T12:45:00Z",
            "by": "did:example:org:gataca",
            "note": "Sent securely to Gataca via Exchange Credential",
            "type": "forwarded"
          }
        ],
        "purpose": "Exchange of nominated students for Erasmus+ mobility programme",
        "retention": "Delete after end of academic year 2025/26",
        "termsOfUse": [
          {
            "type": "link",
            "value": "https://www.gataca.io/erasmus-data-sharing-terms"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "type": [
      "VerifiableCredential",
      "dataExchange"
    ]
  }
]

Legal PID (LPID) - Schema

[
  {
    "credentialSubject": {
      "legal_person_id": "ES-GATACA-B12345678",
      "legal_person_name": "GATACA LABS S.L.",
      "issuing_authority": "Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism of Spain",
      "issuing_authority_id": "did:es:ministerio:micot",
      "issuing_country": "ES",
      "issuing_jurisdiction": "ES-M",
      "issuance_date": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "expiry_date": "2035-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "authentic_source_id": "did:es:br:commercial-registry-madrid",
      "authentic_source_name": "Commercial Registry of Madrid"
    },
    "type": [
      "VerifiableCredential",
      "urn:eudi:lpid:eu:1"
    ]
  }
]

Employee (employeeCredential) - Schema

{
    "credentialSubject": {
        "employee": "xxxxxxxxx"
    },
    "type": [
        "VerifiableCredential",
        "employeeCredential"
    ]
}