DID Method Working Group

[pchampin]

In the past month, some discussions have been going on between some participants of the DID Working Group, the Credentials Community Group, and the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF), about the creation of a W3C-DIF joint Working Group for the standardization of DID methods.

• https://blog.identity.foundation/did-method-standardization-initiative-progress-update-and-next-steps/
• https://www.w3.org/2024/09/TPAC/breakouts.html#b-2385bfd8-9851-4a53-877a-9961f64a60db

As a reminder, the absence of standardized DID methods was a concern raised in the formal objections opposed to the publication of DID as a Recommendation. On the other hand, the DID Working Group insists that DID methods should not be standardized by the same group that defines the core of DIDs. This would, in the opinion of the group, give the wrong impression that some methods are better than others, which goes against the decentralized nature of DIDs.

The goal of such a group would be to standardize some of the popular DID methods registered at https://www.w3.org/TR/did-extensions-methods/ .