Verification platform for online digital identity

A verification platform for verification of a digital credential for verifying a human user, comprising:

• a relying party communication interface operative to receive a request for verification of a human user's identity from a relying party;
• a standards abstraction layer comprising a digital identity credentialling database storing a plurality of issuing authority credentialling standards that each define verification of a digital credential issued by an issuing authority;
• a user device communication interface in operative communication with a user device associated with the human user, the user device communication interface operative to receive from the user device a user digital credential stored locally at the user device;
• a verification engine operative to access the digital identity credentialling database and retrieve an issuing authority credentialling standard associated with the user digital credential and apply the issuing authority credentialling standard to the user digital credential to perform a verification operation on the user digital credential;
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• wherein the relying party communication interface returns an outcome of the verification operation to the relying party.