did:webhash Decentralized Identifiers Method Spec

This repository contains the did:webhash Decentralized Identifier Method Specification. You can access the latest version of this specification here:

https://did.coop/did-method-webhash/

The W3C Community Group that is works on the specification of which this is a fork can be found here:

https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-method-web/

Editing and building the specification

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When it's time to do a static snapshot, we use the ReSpec UI in the browser to export static HTML.

Design Goals & Use Cases Overview:

• signed DID documents
  • JCS canonicalization support --> proof format to allow either DI or JOSE-based verification tooling
• content-addressed URLs for each DID document over time (incl. static hosting)
• optional/backwards-compatible extensions for:
  • historical queries via ?versionTime= and ?versionId=
  • backwards compatibility (deterministic translation from did:webhash URI --> did:web URI, redirect and/or dual-static hosting for did:web-based systems)
  • witnessing mechanisms: trusted caching clients, historical sync, etc.

For a more detailed overview of design process, use-cases and goals, see:

• https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot12-cologne/blob/main/advance-readings/did-web-2.0.md
• https://github.com/w3c-ccg/did-method-web/issues?q=is%3Aissue+