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# Emerging Platform credential issuance

> Issue and verify verifiable credentials on Emerging Platform, then apply them in Emerging Household Energy workflows.

This page documents **Emerging Platform** credential issuance and the **cross-product** credential patterns used across IXO surfaces, including Emerging Household Energy. For household-energy-specific credential flows, use [ITMO credentials](/platforms/Emerging/itmo-credentials).

## What this covers

* Credential issuance lifecycle
* Claim-to-credential relationship
* Holder and verifier interactions
* Status, revocation, and re-issuance patterns

## Supported credential flow (platform)

1. Create or receive a claim.
2. Validate claim completeness and issuer authority.
3. Issue a verifiable credential linked to the **subject DID**.
4. Publish status references for verifier checks.

## Credential lifecycle (cross-product)

1. Define the credential schema and required evidence.
2. Submit or evaluate claims against schema rules.
3. Issue credential to the subject DID.
4. Verify signature, issuer authority, and status.
5. Revoke or supersede credentials when state changes.

## Security and privacy baseline

* Sign credentials with issuer-controlled keys.
* Store only necessary metadata on registry state.
* Keep sensitive payloads in encrypted storage where needed.
* Enforce capability-based permissions for issuance and revocation.

## Household Energy usage

In **Emerging Household Energy**, credentials support household, device, and reporting evidence flows. Continue with:

* [Household monitoring](/platforms/Emerging/household-monitoring)
* [Household reporting](/platforms/Emerging/household-reporting)
* [ITMO credentials](/platforms/Emerging/itmo-credentials)

## Cross-product IXO dependencies

* **IXO Protocol** for verifiable registry state: [IXO Protocol](/protocols/ixo-protocol)
* **IXO Matrix** for encrypted credential payload handling: [IXO Matrix](/articles/ixo-matrix)
* **Impact Hub Registry** for claims and status references: [Emerging registry](/platforms/Emerging/registry)

## Related pages

* Solution implementation: [ITMO credentials](/platforms/Emerging/itmo-credentials)
* Schema reference: [ITMO schema](/platforms/Emerging/itmo-schema)
* Identity model: [Digital identifiers](/platforms/Emerging/digital-identifiers)
* dMRV capability: [dMRV](/platforms/Emerging/dmrv)
* Developer overview: [Identity and credentials](/articles/identity-and-credentials)