WWO/VS-001
Verification & Source Standard
Sets out the authoritative sources for verification and the methods issuers use.
What is verified
Verifiable qualifications are grouped into 12 categories and 48 types. Each issuer decides which it accepts.
- Subject verification
- Personal identity, Legal entity registration
- Career history
- Education, Employment and appointment, Membership
- Intellectual property
- Invention patent, Utility model, Industrial design, Trademark, Copyright registration, Plant variety right
- Official links
- Official website, Official social profile, Own online store, Third-party marketplace store, Official app
- Licensing and regulation
- Business license, Product and service market access, Regulatory registration and filing, Government program designation, Project approval and construction permit, Activity permit, Facility and resource use permit, Statutory inspection and acceptance
- Certification, testing and accreditation
- Management system certification, Product and service certification, Testing and inspection report, Conformity assessment body accreditation
- Practice and professional qualifications
- Professional license, Professional qualification, Occupational registration, Skills certification, Enterprise qualification
- Awards and honors
- Award, Ranking, Honorary title
- Independent media coverage
- News report, Interview
- Funding and grants
- Equity financing, Debt financing, Government grant
- Public disclosures
- Annual report, Semi-annual report, Quarterly report, Current report, Product declaration of conformity, AI agent
- Public procurement
- Contract award
Signal sources and verification
- Authoritative sources
- Public lookup services of competent authorities, original issuing bodies, original publishers or authoritative registers.
- Verification basis
- The specific record in an authoritative source that matches the stated fact.
- Verification archive
- The basis for every check is retained for review.
Three statuses
- Verified
- The fact has passed verification and been published, and has not expired or been withdrawn.
- Expired
- The qualification has passed its expiry date.
- Withdrawn
- The issuer has withdrawn the verification result.
After expiry or withdrawal, the credential and ID remain and show the corresponding status.
A verification result is limited to the specific fact recorded in the source checked. It is not an assessment of the subject as a whole, a credit rating or investment advice.