European Union · Guidance
EUDI Wallet Architecture and Reference Framework
The architecture, requirements and named standards for the EU Digital Identity Wallet ecosystem: credential formats, issuance and presentation protocols, trust and conformance.
PublishedTechnical reference by the Commission and the eIDAS expert group; not legislationCanonical documenteudi-arf
Revisions
- 3.0.0current
Aligns with the 2026 amending implementing regulations and adds the functional conformance assessment framework.
Relations 5
EUDI Wallet Architecture and Reference Framework builds on 1
- European Digital Identity Framework (eIDAS 2.0)in forceThe technical framework that implements the regulation's wallet mandate.Source
EUDI Wallet Architecture and Reference Framework references 4
- SD-JWT-based Verifiable Digital Credentials (SD-JWT VC)candidateNamed as a credential format for wallet attestations.Source
- OpenID for Verifiable Presentations 1.0publishedNamed as a presentation protocol for wallet credentials.Source
- OpenID for Verifiable Credential Issuance 1.0publishedNamed as the issuance protocol for wallet credentials.Source
- Verifiable Credentials Data Model 2.0publishedNamed as a credential data model for wallet attestations.Source
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