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R0051/2026-03-31/Q002/S01

Research R0051 — Fact-Checking Gap
Run 2026-03-31
Query Q002
Search S01

WebSearch — W3C Credible Web Community Group current status

Summary

Field Value
Source/Database WebSearch
Query terms W3C Credibility Coalition content credibility indicators CCIV status 2024 2025
Filters None
Results returned 10
Results selected 4
Results rejected 6

Selected Results

Result Title URL Rationale
S01-R01 Credibility Community Group (W3C) https://www.w3.org/community/credibility/ Official W3C group page — primary source for status
S01-R02 W3C Credible Web CG https://credweb.org/ Official group website — specifications and meeting records
S01-R03 Credibility Coalition https://credibilitycoalition.org/ Partner organization — research outputs
S01-R04 W3C Credible Web CG — CredCatalog https://credibilitycoalition.org/credcatalog/project/w3c-credible-web-community-group/ Cross-reference between Coalition and CG

Rejected Results

Result Title URL Rationale
S01-R05 Verifiable Credentials Overview https://w3c.github.io/vc-overview/ Different W3C specification — Verifiable Credentials, not Credibility
S01-R06 Verifiable Credentials 2.0 https://www.w3.org/news/2025/the-verifiable-credentials-2-0-family-of-specifications-is-now-a-w3c-recommendation/ Different W3C spec — VC 2.0 Recommendation
S01-R07 2025 State of Verifiable Credential Report https://everycred.com/blog/2025-state-of-verifiable-credential-report/ Different domain — Verifiable Credentials adoption
S01-R08 Credibility Coalition — What We Do https://credibilitycoalition.org/what-we-do/ Subpage of R03, duplicate content
S01-R09 Final Specification Licensing https://www.w3.org/community/credibility/spec/152/commitments Legal/licensing page, not status
S01-R10 Participants in Credible Web CG https://www.w3.org/community/credibility/participants Participant list, not status assessment

Notes

Search returned a mix of Credibility and Verifiable Credentials results — "credentials" search term overlap. The Credibility Coalition and W3C Credible Web CG are confirmed as distinct but overlapping organizations.