DACP v0.1.1 Specification: Delegation Credential Protocol for Autonomous Agent Commerce
Complete technical specification for the Delegation Credential Protocol (DACP) version 0.1.1. This document defines a JSON-LD, Ed25519-signed, version-locked, revocable credential format for autonomous agent spend delegation. Includes cryptographic hardening, replay-attack protection, audience scoping, Merkle-tree batch revocation, and extensibility framework. Defines field-by-field schema, canonical signing process, revocation model, conformance test vectors, and backward-compatibility rules.
Authors
- Thomas Perry
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18780431
- Primary Topic
- Access Control and Trust
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00