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title: "Overview"
description: "walt.id's Verifier Service enables organizations to verify digital identity credentials in a secure, privacy‑preserving and standards compliant way. Users can also use a management GUI for handling multiple verifier…"
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# Overview

walt.id's **Verifier Service** enables organizations to verify digital identity credentials in a secure,
privacy‑preserving and standards compliant way. Users can also use a management GUI for handling multiple verifier
configurations, creating credential requests, applying verification policies and viewing analytics.

**Error:**

<b>This service will be deprecated in Q2 2026 in favour of the new Verifier2 Service.</b><br/><br/>The Verifier2 service is built around the stable release of the OID4VP 1.0 specification. It includes many breaking changes from the draft specifications supported by this verifier service. We would recommend using the verifier2 service for new projects. [Documentation for the verifier2 service can be found here](https://docs.walt.id/enterprise-stack/services/verifier2-service/overview.md).

## Supported Standards

|                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|:-------------------------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **Credential Formats:** | [SD-JWT VC (IETF)](https://docs.walt.id/concepts/digital-credentials/sd-jwt-vc.md), [W3C VC (v1.1+, v2.0)](https://docs.walt.id/concepts/digital-credentials/verifiable-credentials-w3c.md), [ISO 18013-5 mDL](https://docs.walt.id/concepts/digital-credentials/mdoc-mdl-iso.md) |
| **Credential Exchange:** | [OID4VP](https://docs.walt.id/concepts/data-exchange-protocols.md) (Draft 14, 20), [ISO/IEC 18013-7](https://docs.walt.id/concepts/data-exchange-protocols.md) |
| **Signature Algorithms:** | ed25519, secp256k1, secp256r1, RSA |

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## Core Features

### Credential Exchange

Credential verification is performed via OID4VP. Authorization requests can be created using the Presentation Definition
protocol. Multiple draft versions (14 and 20) are supported. Requests for ISO/IEC 18013-7 compliant mDLs are supported as well.

### Credential & Attribute Request Definition

Credential requests define the credential formats, types and attributes that should be provided by a wallet. They can be
expressed simply by combining credential types and formats, with full flexibility using Presentation Definition. Support
for DCQL will be added soon.

### Credential Validation

Received credentials are validated against configurable policies. Static checks such as signature verification and
schema compliance are provided out of the box. Parameterized policies enable features like issuer allow lists and
webhooks, and custom logic can be implemented with REGO policies executed by the Open Policy Agent. See
the [Policies](https://docs.walt.id/enterprise-stack/services/verifier-service/policies/overview.md) section for details.

### Management & Analytics

The Enterprise GUI allows creating and viewing credential requests, applying verification policies and monitoring
sessions through the events dashboard.

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## Getting Started

- [Setup](https://docs.walt.id/enterprise-stack/services/verifier-service/setup.md) – Configure a verifier service
- [Verify W3C credentials](https://docs.walt.id/enterprise-stack/services/verifier-service/credential-verification/vc-oid4vc.md) – Walkthrough on how to verify a W3C credential
- [Verify SD-JWT VC credentials](https://docs.walt.id/enterprise-stack/services/verifier-service/credential-verification/sd-jwt-vc-oid4vc.md) – Walkthrough on how to verify an SD-JWT VC
  credential
- [Verify mDL/mDOC credentials](https://docs.walt.id/enterprise-stack/services/verifier-service/credential-verification/mdl-oid4vc.md) – Walkthrough on how to verify an mDL/mDOC credential