I could be having an epiphany or I could just be rather dumb …  but here goes.

The paper you referred us to Tom has all the attributes [general usage] of the mDL but a totally different purpose.  Could we / should we therefore take a broader perspective on 18013-5 and rather than focus on the mDL per se (though it is a good subject for thinking around) think more of a Personal Identification Digital Document (PIDD) or potentially (though privacy risks abound) a PIDD ‘Store’, i.e. the common PII with other meta-data specific to a particular use, e.g. mDL, Cert of Vaccination … or of any other worthy attribute? 

There is nothing about an mDL which is so special, is there?  I get the point that as a focus for a specific instantiation it is valuable, but a slant in one’s perspective opens up the basic tool for many parallel purposes, as the referenced paper suggests. 

Does this make any sense?

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From: Dg-mdl [mailto:dg-mdl-bounces@kantarainitiative.org] On Behalf Of Tom Jones
Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 16:19
To: mdl Kantara
Subject: [Dg-PImDL] Here is another non-DL use for 18013-5

I suspect that the non-DL applications will eventually be larger than the DL use cases.

https://www.scytales.com/post/digital-certificate-of-vaccination-green-pass-iso-standardized-ready-available

Be the change you want to see in the world ..tom