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Interoperable Credentials for Machine Intelligence: DIDs, Verifiable Credentials, Workload Identity, PKI, Attestation, Key Recovery, and Cross-System Trust — Claim Register

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This register publishes 12 stable finding claims for Interoperable Credentials for Machine Intelligence: DIDs, Verifiable Credentials, Workload Identity, PKI, Attestation, Key Recovery, and Cross-System Trust (REP-K01-004, source machine-intelligence-credential-architecture-1.md) and preserves the source hash, finding order, claim status, visible owner anchors, and limitations.

Stable record: K03-CLAIMS-REP-K01-004
Claim status: PROJECT TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
Last reviewed: 2026-08-16
Research cutoff: 2026-08-16
Source type: GOVERNED REPORT CLAIMS
Currentness: Current for release 2.1.0; external sources require periodic revalidation.
Correction state: No unresolved public correction recorded for this release.
Machine record: Static JSON record

Source provenance

Governed source identity
Report ID	`REP-K01-004`
Raw source title	Interoperable Credentials for Machine Intelligence: DIDs, Verifiable Credentials, Workload Identity, PKI, Attestation, Key Recovery, and Cross-System Trust
Source filename	machine-intelligence-credential-architecture-1.md
Original filename	Machine Intelligence Credential Architecture(1).md
SHA-256	`27b4c5078a681b37e0dcabf6e041e81bd3a7effd1c9d7179cf6a430495a7e70d`
Visible synthesis	Report page

Finding claims

Interoperable Credentials for Machine Intelligence: DIDs, Verifiable Credentials, Workload Identity, PKI, Attestation, Key Recovery, and Cross-System Trust — finding 1

The report treats 1\. Research-Status Front Matter as a distinct analytical area that must be evaluated separately from adjacent legal, technical, operational, or institutional claims.

Claim ID: CLM-K03-REP-030-F01
Status: PROJECT TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
Scope: Governed finding 1 from report REP-K01-004; public reliance is limited to the report synthesis, source hash, correction state, and stated project claim status.
Machine record: JSON

Qualification: The raw report remains a governed research input and does not become current law, verified implementation, operational authority, or project doctrine merely through inclusion.

Support relationship

REP-K01-004 · 1\. Research-Status Front Matter · GOVERNED REPORT FINDING

Interoperable Credentials for Machine Intelligence: DIDs, Verifiable Credentials, Workload Identity, PKI, Attestation, Key Recovery, and Cross-System Trust — finding 2

The report treats 2\. Executive Decision Brief as a distinct analytical area that must be evaluated separately from adjacent legal, technical, operational, or institutional claims.

Claim ID: CLM-K03-REP-030-F02
Status: PROJECT TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
Scope: Governed finding 2 from report REP-K01-004; public reliance is limited to the report synthesis, source hash, correction state, and stated project claim status.
Machine record: JSON

Qualification: The raw report remains a governed research input and does not become current law, verified implementation, operational authority, or project doctrine merely through inclusion.

Support relationship

REP-K01-004 · 2\. Executive Decision Brief · GOVERNED REPORT FINDING

Interoperable Credentials for Machine Intelligence: DIDs, Verifiable Credentials, Workload Identity, PKI, Attestation, Key Recovery, and Cross-System Trust — finding 3

The report treats 3\. Identity and Credential Definitions as a distinct analytical area that must be evaluated separately from adjacent legal, technical, operational, or institutional claims.

Claim ID: CLM-K03-REP-030-F03
Status: PROJECT TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
Scope: Governed finding 3 from report REP-K01-004; public reliance is limited to the report synthesis, source hash, correction state, and stated project claim status.
Machine record: JSON

Qualification: The raw report remains a governed research input and does not become current law, verified implementation, operational authority, or project doctrine merely through inclusion.

Support relationship

REP-K01-004 · 3\. Identity and Credential Definitions · GOVERNED REPORT FINDING

Interoperable Credentials for Machine Intelligence: DIDs, Verifiable Credentials, Workload Identity, PKI, Attestation, Key Recovery, and Cross-System Trust — finding 4

The report treats 4\. Identity-Class Taxonomy as a distinct analytical area that must be evaluated separately from adjacent legal, technical, operational, or institutional claims.

Claim ID: CLM-K03-REP-030-F04
Status: PROJECT TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
Scope: Governed finding 4 from report REP-K01-004; public reliance is limited to the report synthesis, source hash, correction state, and stated project claim status.
Machine record: JSON

Qualification: The raw report remains a governed research input and does not become current law, verified implementation, operational authority, or project doctrine merely through inclusion.

Support relationship

REP-K01-004 · 4\. Identity-Class Taxonomy · GOVERNED REPORT FINDING

Interoperable Credentials for Machine Intelligence: DIDs, Verifiable Credentials, Workload Identity, PKI, Attestation, Key Recovery, and Cross-System Trust — finding 5

The report treats Machine Identity vs. Workload Identity Matrix as a distinct analytical area that must be evaluated separately from adjacent legal, technical, operational, or institutional claims.

Claim ID: CLM-K03-REP-030-F05
Status: PROJECT TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
Scope: Governed finding 5 from report REP-K01-004; public reliance is limited to the report synthesis, source hash, correction state, and stated project claim status.
Machine record: JSON

Qualification: The raw report remains a governed research input and does not become current law, verified implementation, operational authority, or project doctrine merely through inclusion.

Support relationship

REP-K01-004 · Machine Identity vs. Workload Identity Matrix · GOVERNED REPORT FINDING

Interoperable Credentials for Machine Intelligence: DIDs, Verifiable Credentials, Workload Identity, PKI, Attestation, Key Recovery, and Cross-System Trust — finding 6

The report treats 5\. Standards Landscape as a distinct analytical area that must be evaluated separately from adjacent legal, technical, operational, or institutional claims.

Claim ID: CLM-K03-REP-030-F06
Status: PROJECT TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
Scope: Governed finding 6 from report REP-K01-004; public reliance is limited to the report synthesis, source hash, correction state, and stated project claim status.
Machine record: JSON

Qualification: The raw report remains a governed research input and does not become current law, verified implementation, operational authority, or project doctrine merely through inclusion.

Support relationship

REP-K01-004 · 5\. Standards Landscape · GOVERNED REPORT FINDING

Interoperable Credentials for Machine Intelligence: DIDs, Verifiable Credentials, Workload Identity, PKI, Attestation, Key Recovery, and Cross-System Trust — finding 7

The source report identifies this proposition for governed review: Phase 1: Basal Workload Identity (Months 1-6): Deploy SPIFFE/SPIRE for all internal microservice identity management20. Systematically eliminate all hardcoded API keys and transition entirely to short-lived SVIDs.

Claim ID: CLM-K03-REP-030-F07
Status: PROJECT TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
Scope: Governed finding 7 from report REP-K01-004; public reliance is limited to the report synthesis, source hash, correction state, and stated project claim status.
Machine record: JSON

Qualification: The raw report remains a governed research input and does not become current law, verified implementation, operational authority, or project doctrine merely through inclusion.

Support relationship

REP-K01-004 · 6\. Comparative Protocol Analysis · GOVERNED REPORT FINDING

Interoperable Credentials for Machine Intelligence: DIDs, Verifiable Credentials, Workload Identity, PKI, Attestation, Key Recovery, and Cross-System Trust — finding 8

The source report identifies this proposition for governed review: Phase 2: RATS Integration (Months 7-12): Bind workload provisioning directly to hardware TEE execution. Implement RFC 9334 RATS Verifier nodes to evaluate hardware evidence before releasing decryption keys or identities26.

Claim ID: CLM-K03-REP-030-F08
Status: PROJECT TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
Scope: Governed finding 8 from report REP-K01-004; public reliance is limited to the report synthesis, source hash, correction state, and stated project claim status.
Machine record: JSON

Qualification: The raw report remains a governed research input and does not become current law, verified implementation, operational authority, or project doctrine merely through inclusion.

Support relationship

REP-K01-004 · Comparative Technology Matrix · GOVERNED REPORT FINDING

Interoperable Credentials for Machine Intelligence: DIDs, Verifiable Credentials, Workload Identity, PKI, Attestation, Key Recovery, and Cross-System Trust — finding 9

The source report identifies this proposition for governed review: Phase 3: Cross-Domain & Agent Identity (Months 13-18): Deploy WIMSE infrastructure based on draft-ietf-wimse-arch-082. Transition external-facing persistent agents to utilizing DIDs and W3C VCs.

Claim ID: CLM-K03-REP-030-F09
Status: PROJECT TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
Scope: Governed finding 9 from report REP-K01-004; public reliance is limited to the report synthesis, source hash, correction state, and stated project claim status.
Machine record: JSON

Qualification: The raw report remains a governed research input and does not become current law, verified implementation, operational authority, or project doctrine merely through inclusion.

Support relationship

REP-K01-004 · 7\. Trust-Anchor Models · GOVERNED REPORT FINDING

Interoperable Credentials for Machine Intelligence: DIDs, Verifiable Credentials, Workload Identity, PKI, Attestation, Key Recovery, and Cross-System Trust — finding 10

The source report identifies this proposition for governed review: Phase 4: Governance and Delegation (Months 19-24): Implement Execution Context Tokens (draft-nennemann-wimse-ect-00) to generate full cryptographic audit trails23. Activate Eviulon governance policy engines to evaluate the verified identity DAGs.

Claim ID: CLM-K03-REP-030-F10
Status: PROJECT TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
Scope: Governed finding 10 from report REP-K01-004; public reliance is limited to the report synthesis, source hash, correction state, and stated project claim status.
Machine record: JSON

Qualification: The raw report remains a governed research input and does not become current law, verified implementation, operational authority, or project doctrine merely through inclusion.

Support relationship

REP-K01-004 · Trust-Anchor Decision Tree · GOVERNED REPORT FINDING

Interoperable Credentials for Machine Intelligence: DIDs, Verifiable Credentials, Workload Identity, PKI, Attestation, Key Recovery, and Cross-System Trust — finding 11

The source report identifies this proposition for governed review: Path: /docs/patefacere/architecture/credentials-machine-intelligence-2026.md.

Claim ID: CLM-K03-REP-030-F11
Status: PROJECT TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
Scope: Governed finding 11 from report REP-K01-004; public reliance is limited to the report synthesis, source hash, correction state, and stated project claim status.
Machine record: JSON

Qualification: The raw report remains a governed research input and does not become current law, verified implementation, operational authority, or project doctrine merely through inclusion.

Support relationship

REP-K01-004 · 8\. Key Lifecycle · GOVERNED REPORT FINDING

Interoperable Credentials for Machine Intelligence: DIDs, Verifiable Credentials, Workload Identity, PKI, Attestation, Key Recovery, and Cross-System Trust — finding 12

The source report identifies this proposition for governed review: Stable Report ID: REP-PATEFACERE-20260812-MI-CREDS-01.

Claim ID: CLM-K03-REP-030-F12
Status: PROJECT TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
Scope: Governed finding 12 from report REP-K01-004; public reliance is limited to the report synthesis, source hash, correction state, and stated project claim status.
Machine record: JSON

Qualification: The raw report remains a governed research input and does not become current law, verified implementation, operational authority, or project doctrine merely through inclusion.

Support relationship

REP-K01-004 · Key Lifecycle State Machine · GOVERNED REPORT FINDING