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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +id: cawg-id |
| 3 | +title: CAWG identity assertions |
| 4 | +--- |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +The [Creator Assertions Working Group (CAWG)](https://cawg.io/) defines assertions that enable content creators to express individual and organizational intent about their content. |
| 7 | +The CAWG identity assertion enables a credential holder to prove control over a digital identity and to use that identity to document the content creator’s role(s) in a C2PA asset’s lifecycle. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +## Verified identities |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +As defined in the [CAWG Identity Assertion technical specification](https://cawg.io/identity/1.1-draft/#_identity_claims_aggregation), |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +Content creators may wish to document their role in creating an asset using common identity signals such as: |
| 15 | +- Verified web sites |
| 16 | +- Social media accounts |
| 17 | +- Official ID documentation |
| 18 | +- Professional accreditations |
| 19 | +- Organizational affiliations |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +To facilitate the use of such identity signals, the content creator may use the services of a trusted third-party intermediary known as a _identity claims aggregator_ to gather these signals and to restate them on their behalf. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +The identity claims aggregator performs two important roles: |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +- It collects and verifies identity attestation claims from various identity providers such as social media sites and ID verification vendors. |
| 26 | +- When the content creator creates content, it creates a unique asset-specific credential binding the identity attestation claims collected earlier to the specific C2PA asset being described. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +An identity claims aggregation claim does not support a content creator using their own credential to directly issue their own signature for an identity assertion. |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +## Example |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +```json |
| 34 | +"assertions": [ |
| 35 | + ... |
| 36 | + { |
| 37 | + "label": "cawg.identity", |
| 38 | + "data": { |
| 39 | + "@context": [ |
| 40 | + "https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/v2", |
| 41 | + "https://cawg.io/identity/1.1/ica/context/" |
| 42 | + ], |
| 43 | + "type": [ |
| 44 | + "VerifiableCredential", |
| 45 | + "IdentityClaimsAggregationCredential" |
| 46 | + ], |
| 47 | + "issuer": "did:web:connected-identities.identity.adobe.com", |
| 48 | + "validFrom": "2025-04-29T17:34:44Z", |
| 49 | + "verifiedIdentities": [ |
| 50 | + { |
| 51 | + "type": "cawg.social_media", |
| 52 | + "username": "xyz", |
| 53 | + "uri": "https://www.instagram.com/xyz", |
| 54 | + "verifiedAt": "2024-10-08T18:04:08Z", |
| 55 | + "provider": { |
| 56 | + "id": "https://instagram.com", |
| 57 | + "name": "instagram" |
| 58 | + } |
| 59 | + }, |
| 60 | + { |
| 61 | + "type": "cawg.social_media", |
| 62 | + "username": "xyz", |
| 63 | + "uri": "https://www.behance.net/xyz", |
| 64 | + "verifiedAt": "2024-10-22T19:31:17Z", |
| 65 | + "provider": { |
| 66 | + "id": "https://behance.net", |
| 67 | + "name": "behance" |
| 68 | + } |
| 69 | + }, |
| 70 | + { |
| 71 | + "type": "cawg.social_media", |
| 72 | + "username": "J Smith", |
| 73 | + "uri": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/xyz", |
| 74 | + "verifiedAt": "2024-10-08T18:03:41Z", |
| 75 | + "provider": { |
| 76 | + "id": "https://linkedin.com", |
| 77 | + "name": "linkedin" |
| 78 | + } |
| 79 | + }, |
| 80 | + { |
| 81 | + "type": "cawg.social_media", |
| 82 | + "username": "xyz", |
| 83 | + "uri": "https://twitter.com/xyz", |
| 84 | + "verifiedAt": "2024-10-08T18:03:49Z", |
| 85 | + "provider": { |
| 86 | + "id": "https://twitter.com", |
| 87 | + "name": "twitter" |
| 88 | + } |
| 89 | + } |
| 90 | + ], |
| 91 | + "credentialSchema": [ |
| 92 | + { |
| 93 | + "id": "https://cawg.io/identity/1.1/ica/schema/", |
| 94 | + "type": "JSONSchema" |
| 95 | + } |
| 96 | + ] |
| 97 | + } |
| 98 | + } |
| 99 | + ... |
| 100 | +] |
| 101 | +``` |
| 102 | + |
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