All Components In Play

Whole System

The Ayra Protocol exercises the full Ayra concept and provides answers on a business, governance, and technology basis.

Trust Registries

Trust Registries are core to digital trust and the Ayra Protocol. Participants in the Ayra Trust Network need to know who is playing, and what they are doing in the ecosystem they act in.

Any Issuers need to be registered in at least one trust registry (system of record). Each Trust Registry must be anchored to the Ayra Trust Network.

The Ayra Trust Network's primary role is to be a Registry-of-Registries (aka "meta-registry"). Ecosystem Trust Registries manage each Member Ecosystem.

Trust Registries are queried via the Trust Registry Query Protocol (TRQP 2.0) with the Ayra Profile. The registry confirms:

• Whether an issuer is authorized to issue specific credential types

• Whether a verifier is a recognized participant

• Whether an ecosystem Trust Registry is recognized by the Ayra Trust Network

The Conformance Test Suite validates these registry interactions as part of every conformance flow.

SEE: Trust Registry Requirements

Conformance Test Suite (CTS)

The Conformance Test Suite validates that implementations correctly execute the Ayra Protocol. It is the technical validation that ties together all of the moving pieces.

Current coverage:

• TRQP trust registry checks — validates that credential issuers are registered, that ecosystem registries are recognized by the Ayra Trust Network, and that the double-link schema (credential → ecosystem → ATN) is intact

• Holder conformance flow — validates that a holder (wallet) can receive, store, and present Ayra Card credentials correctly

• Issue flow — validates that issuers can create conformant credentials (utility flow, not scored)

• Verifier conformance flow — validates that verifiers can request and verify credentials (in progress)

Credential format support:

• AnonCreds (supported today)

• W3C LDP (in progress)

Architecture: The CTS is a monolithic Next.js application with integrated testing and Express API, supporting multiple agent frameworks (Credo, ACA-Py) via a common controller/adapter pattern.

What it tests:

• The credential is correctly structured and issued per the Ayra Card schema

• Payloads can be attached, requested, and delivered

• The holder (wallet) conforms to presentation requirements

• The verifier profile conforms to verification requirements

• The Trust Registry confirms authorized participants

• The credential is tied to the ecosystem, and the ecosystem is tied to the Ayra Trust Network via the double-link schema

SEE: CTS Requirements | Conformance Test Suite repository

Type Catalogue

The Ayra Protocol helps the Ayra community begin to explore what the Type Catalogue needs to be over time. This is an earlier stage capability.

The Type Catalogue will manage:

• Credential Schema Definitions — Business Card, Staff Pass, and future credential types

• Authorization Types — the ayracards:TYPE:SCOPE:ACTION taxonomy for what entities are authorized to do

• Payload Type Management — formalization of payload types as the ecosystem matures

SEE: Type Catalogue Requirements