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The EU age-verification app hands your service a signed boolean in the namespace eu.europa.ec.av.1 — but a boolean is only as trustworthy as who signed it. Here is what that namespace contains, and exactly how a verifier proves the attestation is genuine using the Age Verification Trusted List.
The EU's age-verification issuer issues a 'Proof of Age' attestation in mso_mdoc format under the namespace eu.europa.ec.av.1, over OpenID4VCI. Here is what that namespace actually contains, how issuance works, and how to point your integration at the live reference issuer — with the caveat that it is a reference, not a production endpoint.
A technical deep dive into OpenID4VP — the verification protocol that EUDI Wallets use to share verified attributes with businesses. How it works, why it matters, and how OpenEUDI implements it.