Re: DID 'service' ABNF

Thats good, +1

On 02/19/2018 07:00 AM, =Drummond Reed wrote:
> Markus, I think your are correct, and that the first option you
> suggest is the best one. I'd tweak the rule name slightly to this:
>
>   did-reference      = did *[ ";" did-service ]* [ "/" did-path ] [
> "?" did-query ] [ "#" did-fragment ]
>   did                = "did:" method ":" specific-idstring
>
> But your core point stands, which is that the did service name is not
> part of the DID itself.
>
> Thanks,
>
> =Drummond  
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 5:04 AM, Markus Sabadello
> <markus@danubetech.com <mailto:markus@danubetech.com>> wrote:
>
>     I implemented a parser for DID syntax based on the ABNF:
>
>     https://github.com/decentralized-identity/universal-resolver/tree/master/implementations/java/uni-resolver-core/src/main/java/uniresolver/did
>     <https://github.com/decentralized-identity/universal-resolver/tree/master/implementations/java/uni-resolver-core/src/main/java/uniresolver/did>
>
>     And one piece of feedback I have is that perhaps we want to change
>     this:
>
>       did-reference      = did [ "/" did-path ] [ "?" did-query ] [
>     "#" did-fragment ]
>       did                = "did:" method ":" specific-idstring *[ ";"
>     service ]*
>
>     To:
>
>       did-reference      = did*[ ";" service ]* [ "/" did-path ] [ "?"
>     did-query ] [ "#" did-fragment ]
>       did                = "did:" method ":" specific-idstring
>
>     This wouldn't change the allowed syntax, only re-organize the
>     rules, since the "service" name isn't really part of the "DID"
>     itself, or?
>
>     Or we could also introduce an intermediary rule:
>
>       did-reference      = *did-service* [ "/" did-path ] [ "?"
>     did-query ] [ "#" did-fragment ]
>       *did-service*        = did*[ ";" service ]*
>       did                = "did:" method ":" specific-idstring
>
>     Or:
>
>       did-reference      = *( did / did-service ) *[ "/" did-path ] [
>     "?" did-query ] [ "#" did-fragment ]
>       *did-service*        = did*";" service*
>       did                = "did:" method ":" specific-idstring
>
>     Markus
>
>     On 02/18/2018 12:51 AM, =Drummond Reed wrote:
>>     On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 10:18 AM, Manu Sporny
>>     <msporny@digitalbazaar.com <mailto:msporny@digitalbazaar.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hey Drummond,
>>
>>         After much friendly yelling back and forth at DB HQ :), I
>>         think Dave
>>         Longley has convinced me that I'm overly concerned about the
>>         service ABNF.
>>
>>         I still feel uneasy about it, but I think the onus is on
>>         those of us
>>         that are concerned to provide concrete examples of where
>>         everything
>>         falls apart and for those that are not concerned to
>>         demonstrate why the
>>         examples are not a problem.
>>
>>
>>     Yes, let's do this. 
>>      
>>
>>
>>         Let's get this into an issue and take the conversation from
>>         there, but
>>         I'm less against the concept than I was yesterday, and here's
>>         why:
>>
>>         The argument that was most compelling to me was that the service
>>         description goes in the "authority" section of the DID URL:
>>
>>         did:METHOD:AUTHORITY?query2=param2&query2=param2#fragment
>>
>>         Where AUTHORITY contains the service description. While
>>         ChristopherA is
>>         correct that things after METHOD are typically the purview of the
>>         AUTHORITY section, we're making an exception in this case
>>         because things
>>         starting at the path are typically service specific. So,
>>         we're basically
>>         saying, if you're going to do services in your DID Method,
>>         you MUST do
>>         them in this way... and we're putting that at the DID Spec layer.
>>
>>
>>     Exactly.
>>      
>>
>>
>>         Again, I find this a bit sloppy, 
>>
>>
>>     Ironically, having worked on URI-based specs (RFC 3986) for 15
>>     years now, I find it very elegant. But explaining why is probably
>>     more easily discussed in person at RWOT.
>>      
>>
>>         but don't have a better suggestion. We
>>         do what I was suggesting, which was to use ? or & because those
>>         typically go in a path AFTER the AUTHORITY section.
>>
>>
>>     Right.
>>      
>>
>>
>>         In any case, we need more examples of services and non-services
>>         expressed through a DID before we can really reach a
>>         conclusion on this.
>>
>>
>>     Happy to help prepare some to go over on the list or on RWOT.
>>
>>     =Drummond 
>>      
>>
>>
>>         -- manu
>>
>>         --
>>         Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny, G+: +Manu
>>         Sporny)
>>         Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
>>         blog: The State of W3C Web Payments in 2017
>>         http://manu.sporny.org/2017/w3c-web-payments/
>>         <http://manu.sporny.org/2017/w3c-web-payments/>
>>
>>
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