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Format-specific Credential Issuer Metadata: `value_type`: image is a string

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Description

For W3C credentials, the field value_type is defined as

String value determining the type of value of the claim. A non-exhaustive list of valid values defined by this specification are string, number, and image media types such as image/jpeg as defined in IANA media type registry for images (https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml#image).

I suppose that image/jpeg is a subtype of string and there is some encoding applied. If that's correct, both facts should be made explicit in the spec.

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Start with the W3C credential definition of value_type and the IANA media type registry link cited in the issue. The work is complete when the specification clearly resolves whether image media types such as image/jpeg are strings and documents any required encoding.

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