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UK invites digital ID providers to join testing for machine-readable DVS register

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The UK’s machine-readable register for Digital Verification Services (DVSs) is nearly ready, and the Office for Digital Identities and Attributes wants DVS Providers to help test the infrastructure behind it. OfDIA announced its intentions with the machine-readable DVS register in July to replace the current register . Making the register machine-readable is intended to support automated checks so that the system can scale. OfDIA identified the machine-readable version of the register as a priority when it confirmed its commitment to the DVS trust framework in July. The agency is planning technical testing through an API model to support direct connections for secure data exchange, and a credential model for verifying credentials presented from a digital wallet, according to a government blog post . Tests of the onboarding process will take place in October, when OfDIA will also begin interviewing DVS providers to gauge their readiness for integration testing. More tests covering the t

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