receive digital credential data associated with a user from a credentialing organization, wherein the digital credential data associated with the user comprises character or native binary format data received from a database of the credentialing organization;

import the digital credential data associated with the user to a target database stored in the memory, wherein the target database comprises a target plurality of data fields;

identity a first set of fields in the target plurality of data fields that are present in the imported digital credential data and a second set of fields in the target plurality of data fields that are not present in the imported digital credential data; and

generate a non-fungible token responsive to receiving the digital credential data associated with the user, wherein the non-fungible token comprises a record in a distributed ledger and associated content based on the credential data associated with the first set of fields and the second set of fields in the target plurality of data fields, wherein the associated content is stored outside of the distributed ledger and wherein a storage location of the associated content of the non-fungible token is determined based on the record.