{
"description": "CodeSystem for GDHCN Key Usage that has usage codes for verification keys published to the Trust Network as defined by the [certificate governance](concepts_certificate_governance.html) for Production environment",
"_filename": "CodeSystem-KeyUsage.json",
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"date": "2026-04-27T07:28:36+00:00",
"publisher": "WHO",
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"system": "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"
} ]
} ],
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"name": "KeyUsage",
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"resourceType": "CodeSystem",
"title": "WHO GDHCN Key Usage CodeSystem",
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"status": "active",
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"url": "http://smart.who.int/trust/CodeSystem/KeyUsage",
"concept": [ {
"code": "SCA",
"display": "Signer Certificate Authority (SCA)",
"definition": "A certificate which acts a trust anchor in the verification of the certificate chain for the DSCs issued by a Trust Network participant"
}, {
"code": "DSC",
"display": "Document Signing Certificate (DSC)",
"definition": "A certificate which may be used to verify a digital signature within a Verfifiable Digital Health Certificate"
}, {
"code": "DECA",
"display": "Data Exchange Certificate Authority (DECA)",
"definition": "A certificate which acts a trust anchor in the verification of the certificate chain for the DESCs issued by a Trust Network Participant"
}, {
"code": "DESC",
"display": "Data Exchange Signing Certificate (DESC)",
"definition": "A certificate which may be used to initiate a secure data exchange connection (e.g. mTLS) between Trust Network Participants"
}, {
"code": "TLS",
"display": "Transport Layer Security (TLS)",
"definition": "Used for establishing (m)TLS connections with systems, in particular between the Trust Network Gateway and backend systems of a Trust Network Participant"
}, {
"code": "UP",
"display": "Upload (UP)",
"definition": "Used to verify digital signature of cryptographically signed content uploaded to services within the Global Digital Health Certification Network, in particular the Trust Network Gateway"
} ],
"caseSensitive": false,
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"contact": [ {
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} ]
}