- From: Brent Shambaugh <brent.shambaugh@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 18:23:24 -0500
- To: Markus Sabadello <markus@danubetech.com>
- Cc: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>, Credentials Community Group <public-credentials@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CACvcBVoOf4dAVjCSmZfFoehTD+2QsWAax_xbZfe27yoSs+O7GQ@mail.gmail.com>
Daniel Hardman’s post that described DID benefits well: https://github.com/w3c/did-core/issues/233#issuecomment-600854330 On Thursday, April 2, 2020, Brent Shambaugh <brent.shambaugh@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Markus and Melvin. I find issue 233 to be a very illustrious > thread. Daniel Hardman summarized DID benefits well. This topic also segue > ways into the recent call. > > I believe I was coming at this from a database perspective. In the past > couple of months I have asked about satellites, IoT, and.. Thanks for the > replies from Sam Matthews Chase, Christopher Allen, et al. I’ll be around. > Still formalizing thoughts. > > On Wednesday, April 1, 2020, Markus Sabadello <markus@danubetech.com> > wrote: > >> There are certainly similarities between DIDs and URNs, e.g. the property >> of persistence. >> >> One of the main differences has been that DIDs have a controller, and >> that they are cryptographically verifiable. >> >> In other words, you can prove that you control a certain DID. >> >> However there is also an ongoing discussions to broaden this aspect of >> DIDs and make them even more "URN-like", feel free to comment: >> https://github.com/w3c/did-core/issues/233 >> >> Markus >> On 3/31/20 8:43 AM, Melvin Carvalho wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 at 04:00, Brent Shambaugh <brent.shambaugh@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Silly question: >>> >>> Were DIDs meant to be a more generalized and permanent form of UUID? >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=LkUkcoyksSI&t=2m18s >>> >> >> Similar, but slightly different >> >> It's a URI rather than a UUID. You can turn a UUID into a URI with >> urn:uuid:<ID> >> >> The DID has different constraints and properties outlined in the DID Core >> spec >> >> They are designed to be permanent in principle but in practice >> cryptographic identifiers may have a finite life span >> >> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Brent Shambaugh >>> >> >> > > -- > -Brent Shambaugh > > GitHub: https://github.com/bshambaugh > Website: http://bshambaugh.org/ > LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brent-shambaugh-9b91259 > Skype: brent.shambaugh > Twitter: https://twitter.com/Brent_Shambaugh > WebID: http://bshambaugh.org/foaf.rdf#me > -- -Brent Shambaugh GitHub: https://github.com/bshambaugh Website: http://bshambaugh.org/ LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brent-shambaugh-9b91259 Skype: brent.shambaugh Twitter: https://twitter.com/Brent_Shambaugh WebID: http://bshambaugh.org/foaf.rdf#me
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