Verifiable Trust Circles (VTCs) using VC Proof Sets

This document specifies Web 7.0 Verifiable Trust Circles (VTCs), a generalized mechanism for expressing verifiable multi-party membership, belonging, and trust relationships using the W3C Verifiable Credentials (VC) Data Model 2.0 [W3C.VC-DATA-MODEL] and VC Data Integrity Proof Sets [W3C.VC-DATA-INTEGRITY]. VTCs extend the Partof Architecture Reference Model (PARM) to provide a universal credential pattern that subsumes prior pairwise constructs (Personhood Credentials (PHCs) and Verifiable Relationship Credentials (VRCs)) and additionally supports voting-based decision making, meeting requests, task forces, and digital societies.