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European Digital Identity Architecture and Reference Framework

The European Digital Identity Architecture and Reference Framework has been published.

The document in particular outlines the EUDI Wallet:

Any thoughts?

The architecture seems to resemble the “eCard-API-Framework” (BSI TR-03112) (BSI - Technische Richtlinie BSI TR-03112)
It looks like the Federal Office for Information Security has been actively participating in the expert group.
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Also it looks like an attempt to fix the surrogate QESC* issue but as explained in the court verdict** this will not help.

  • surrogate QESC means any el. signature certificate non-compliant with Article 28 (1) - (3).

** see Skaitmeninio sertifikavimo centras (SSC) on LinkedIn: Higher Administrative Court of Lithuania, 18-12-2012

Note that the European Commission also has launched https://futurium.ec.europa.eu/en/digital-identity to collect feedback on the work of the eIDAS Expert Group.

Through this platform on European Digital Identity, the European Commission aims at building a virtual community of stakeholders to provide feedback on the work of the eIDAS Expert Group on a common Union Toolbox for a coordinated approach towards a European Digital Identity Framework.

The European Commission presented the following roadmap during the Virtual Info Day
(see List of sessions - Streaming Service of the European Commission)

There is a new session organised on April 6, 2022 - explaining how to take part in the Call for proposals. See link below to take part.

https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/LSPCallWebinar

Stéphane