diff --git a/inspector-vc/src/main/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/JsonLdGeneratedObject.java b/inspector-vc/src/main/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/JsonLdGeneratedObject.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a529bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inspector-vc/src/main/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/JsonLdGeneratedObject.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package org.oneedtech.inspect.vc;
+
+import org.oneedtech.inspect.core.probe.GeneratedObject;
+
+public class JsonLdGeneratedObject extends GeneratedObject {
+    private String json;
+
+    public JsonLdGeneratedObject(String json) {
+        super(ID, GeneratedObject.Type.INTERNAL);
+        this.json = json;
+    }
+
+    public String getJson() {
+        return json;
+    }
+
+    public static final String ID = JsonLdGeneratedObject.class.getCanonicalName();
+}
diff --git a/inspector-vc/src/main/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/OB20Inspector.java b/inspector-vc/src/main/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/OB20Inspector.java
index c487768..dd1f6b7 100644
--- a/inspector-vc/src/main/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/OB20Inspector.java
+++ b/inspector-vc/src/main/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/OB20Inspector.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.oneedtech.inspect.vc.payload.PngParser;
 import org.oneedtech.inspect.vc.payload.SvgParser;
 import org.oneedtech.inspect.vc.probe.CredentialParseProbe;
 import org.oneedtech.inspect.vc.probe.JsonLDCompactionProve;
+import org.oneedtech.inspect.vc.probe.JsonLDValidationProbe;
 import org.oneedtech.inspect.vc.util.CachingDocumentLoader;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
@@ -84,19 +85,30 @@ public class OB20Inspector extends Inspector {
 		int probeCount = 0;
 
 		try {
-				//detect type (png, svg, json, jwt) and extract json data
-				probeCount++;
-				accumulator.add(new CredentialParseProbe().run(resource, ctx));
-				if(broken(accumulator, true)) return abort(ctx, accumulator, probeCount);
+			//detect type (png, svg, json, jwt) and extract json data
+			probeCount++;
+			accumulator.add(new CredentialParseProbe().run(resource, ctx));
+			if(broken(accumulator, true)) return abort(ctx, accumulator, probeCount);
 
-				// //we expect the above to place a generated object in the context
-				Assertion assertion = ctx.getGeneratedObject(Assertion.ID);
+			// we expect the above to place a generated object in the context
+			Assertion assertion = ctx.getGeneratedObject(Assertion.ID);
 
-				// let's compact and validate
-				accumulator.add(getCompactionProbe(assertion).run(assertion, ctx));
-				if(broken(accumulator, true)) return abort(ctx, accumulator, probeCount);
+			// let's compact
+			accumulator.add(getCompactionProbe(assertion).run(assertion, ctx));
+			if(broken(accumulator, true)) return abort(ctx, accumulator, probeCount);
 
+			// validate JSON LD
+			JsonLdGeneratedObject jsonLdGeneratedObject = ctx.getGeneratedObject(JsonLdGeneratedObject.ID);
+			accumulator.add(new JsonLDValidationProbe(jsonLdGeneratedObject).run(assertion, ctx));
+			if(broken(accumulator, true)) return abort(ctx, accumulator, probeCount);
 
+			//canonical schema and inline schemata
+			// SchemaKey schema = assertion.getSchemaKey().orElseThrow();
+			// for(Probe<JsonNode> probe : List.of(new JsonSchemaProbe(schema), new InlineJsonSchemaProbe(schema))) {
+			// 	probeCount++;
+			// 	accumulator.add(probe.run(assertion.getJson(), ctx));
+			// 	if(broken(accumulator)) return abort(ctx, accumulator, probeCount);
+			// }
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			accumulator.add(onProbeException(Probe.ID.NO_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTIONS, resource, e));
 		}
diff --git a/inspector-vc/src/main/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/probe/JsonLDCompactionProve.java b/inspector-vc/src/main/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/probe/JsonLDCompactionProve.java
index 3cabea1..e849395 100644
--- a/inspector-vc/src/main/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/probe/JsonLDCompactionProve.java
+++ b/inspector-vc/src/main/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/probe/JsonLDCompactionProve.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import org.oneedtech.inspect.core.probe.Probe;
 import org.oneedtech.inspect.core.probe.RunContext;
 import org.oneedtech.inspect.core.report.ReportItems;
 import org.oneedtech.inspect.vc.Credential;
+import org.oneedtech.inspect.vc.JsonLdGeneratedObject;
 import org.oneedtech.inspect.vc.util.CachingDocumentLoader;
 
 import com.apicatalog.jsonld.JsonLd;
@@ -39,13 +40,17 @@ public class JsonLDCompactionProve extends Probe<Credential> {
           JsonDocument jsonDocument = JsonDocument.of(new StringReader(crd.getJson().toString()));
           CompactionApi compactApi = JsonLd.compact(jsonDocument, context);
           compactApi.options(new JsonLdOptions(new CachingDocumentLoader(localDomains)));
+
           JsonObject compactedObject = compactApi.get();
+          ctx.addGeneratedObject(new JsonLdGeneratedObject(compactedObject.toString()));
 
           // Handle mismatch between URL node source and declared ID.
           if (compactedObject.get("id") != null && crd.getResource().getID() != null
             && !compactedObject.get("id").toString().equals(crd.getResource().getID())) {
+              // TODO: a new fetch of the JSON document at id is required
               return warning("Node fetched from source " + crd.getResource().getID() + " declared its id as " + compactedObject.get("id").toString(), ctx);
           }
+
           return success(this, ctx);
       } catch (Exception e) {
         return fatal("Error while parsing credential: " + e.getMessage(), ctx);
diff --git a/inspector-vc/src/main/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/probe/JsonLDValidationProbe.java b/inspector-vc/src/main/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/probe/JsonLDValidationProbe.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23bc2cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inspector-vc/src/main/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/probe/JsonLDValidationProbe.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package org.oneedtech.inspect.vc.probe;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+
+import org.oneedtech.inspect.core.probe.Probe;
+import org.oneedtech.inspect.core.probe.RunContext;
+import org.oneedtech.inspect.core.report.ReportItems;
+import org.oneedtech.inspect.vc.Credential;
+import org.oneedtech.inspect.vc.JsonLdGeneratedObject;
+
+import foundation.identity.jsonld.JsonLDObject;
+import foundation.identity.jsonld.validation.Validation;
+
+public class JsonLDValidationProbe extends Probe<Credential> {
+    private final JsonLdGeneratedObject jsonLdObject;
+
+    public JsonLDValidationProbe(JsonLdGeneratedObject jsonLdObject) {
+        super();
+        this.jsonLdObject = jsonLdObject;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReportItems run(Credential crd, RunContext ctx) throws Exception {
+        JsonLDObject jsonLd = JsonLDObject.fromJson(new StringReader(jsonLdObject.getJson()));
+        try {
+            Validation.validate(jsonLd);
+            return success(this, ctx);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            return fatal("Error while validation JSON LD object: " + e.getMessage(), ctx);
+        }
+    }
+
+}