This public repository is for the development of ideas and open source code for end-to-end traceability of individual objects (such as product instances) within supply chains.
The draft white paper at GS1-WhitePaper-VerifiableCredentials-EPCIS-end-to-end-traceability.pdf explains some ideas about how a set of EPCIS event data could be sanitised then used within a set of one or more Verifiable Credentials to form a 'proof of connectedness' and to help in establishing trust relationships for sharing visibility data (traceability data) beyond immediate trading partners within a supply chain. This paper includes ideas developed in earlier GS1 activities such as the former Event-Based Traceability MSWG, as well as more recent developments within GS1 Innovation activities.
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