Identifiers & Discovery
Working Group
Scope of Work
Members of the Working Group are engaged in development of protocols and systems that enable creation, resolution, and discovery of decentralized identifiers and names across underlying decentralized systems, like blockchains and distributed ledgers.
- Identifiers and Discovery WG documentation
- I&D WG Charter Mailing list
Specs & Projects
The active work items that are underway in the DIF Identifiers & Discovery Working Group
- Universal Resolver
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Spec and implementation of a driver-based framework that enables resolution of DIDs.
Main Repo Public Instance Driver Development - Universal Registrar
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Spec and implementation of a driver-based framework that enables creation/updates/deactivation of DIDs.
Main Repo Public Instance Driver Development - .well-known DID configuration
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Spec, docs, and implementations for discovering DIDs from .well-known HTTP(S) URIs.
Spec Main Repo Demo Web App - KERI - Key Event Receipt Infrastructure
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Spec and implementation of an identifier and key rotation technology, where your primary root of trust is entropy, not any particular ledger.
Main Repo - Peer DID Method Specification
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A rich DID method that has no blockchain dependencies. The verifiable data registry is a synchronization protocol between peers.
Spec Main Repo - DID Spec Extensions
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Extension parameters, properties, and values for the DID spec registries.
Main Repo
All Repositories
Chairs
The following DIF members lead the work in this group, contact them for more info on the projects, specs, and development happening within.
Markus Sabadello
