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+Many verifiable credentials will be issued from physical credentials that +have a much longer validity time than the verifiable credential itself +e.g. a passport VC, a driving licence VC, a vaccination record VC, a European +Health Card VC etc. A common requirement might be to reveal this longer validity +time in the verifiable credential, which leads to 4 times being issued, namely: +
+
+It is recommended to use the following properties for the above times: +
issuedAt
- the date/time the original credential was issued
+ validFrom
- the date/time the verifiable credential becomes valid
+ validUntil
- the date/time the verifiable credential becomes invalid
+ expiresAt
- the date/time the original credential expires
+