VC Schema Overview - mdoujak/A2AP GitHub Wiki

A schema defines how claims in a verifiable credential should be organized and understood. Its main purpose is to make sure that everyone interprets the data present in these claims the same way.

For example:

• A bill issued in one system must contain a number of claims and each claim needs to be interpreted identically by the billing systems and bill payment system.

To ensure that schemas are easily accessible to all participants in the trust infrastructure, they are published and stored within that infrastructure. This allows every party—whether issuing or verifying verifiable credentials—to reliably retrieve and reference the same version of the schema, ensuring consistency and interoperability.