Re: did:key questions (was: DHS SVIP Blockchain/DLT/SSI Cohort - Multi-Product Phase 1 Interop Artifacts/ Scaffolding / Information)

Oh, I just meant, the fact that it _is_ a DID Document could be determined
either because the URL starts with a 'did:', or that it has a 'this is a
DID Document' mime type. (Which is one of the issues being debated - what
to use for content-type for DID Docs).
Similarly, there are no explicit type fields for DID Documents (the method
is determined from the URL).

On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 4:21 PM Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 at 19:23, Dmitri Zagidulin <dzagidulin@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> Hi Melvin,
>>
>
> Hi Dmitri, thanks for the response
>
>
>> You bring up good questions!
>>
>> 1) Should the DID Document have a "type" field
>>
>> So this has been hotly debated, and so far, it's settled on "no". (Strong
>> pushback against adding a type field, when it's been brought up in the
>> issues.) So, yes, at the moment, the type is assumed by @context (and mime
>> type!).
>>
>
> When you say the type is assumed by the @context and the mime
>
> Assumed to be what?  Do you mean that the type is not explicit, but that
> there is an implicit, implied using reasoning?
>
> I've looked in here, and nothing stood out:
> https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-spec/contexts/did-v1.jsonld
>
> I tried looking here: (didv "https://w3id.org/did#") but it doesnt seem
> to lead to a context
>
> So I am just wondering what the type would be named.
>
> Regarding the mime type.  Would I be correct to say the did:key doesnt
> have a mime type?
>
>
>>
>> 2) Can a did:key DID Document be embedded in a JSON "data island" in a
>> web page
>>
>> Sure, why not. (Although the question does arise - why use an ephemeral
>> did doc like did:key for those kind of use cases, why not go with a did:web
>> or another longer-lived method).
>>
>> 3) How does one link entities (like Alice) and DIDs (including a did:key
>> did), in the linked data sense?
>>
>> So, this is an /extremely/ hot and controversial topic :) Well, partly.
>>
>> 3a) Q: *Should* this be done in the first place?
>>  A: Very carefully, and in a privacy-preserving way. But I can see some
>> legitimate use cases for it.
>>
>> 3b) Q: How do you link from a DID Document to some other public profile
>> endpoint (such as a WebID Profile)?
>> A: (Again, you should _not_ do that in a ledger-based DID Document, since
>> that is very much PII.) But if you need to, that's what the Service
>> Endpoints mechanism is for. We do not yet have a proposed Service Endpoint
>> for a WebID Profile link, incidentally, although I am planning to propose
>> one over at https://github.com/solid/identity-panel/issues/1
>>
>> 3c) Q: How do you link from a public machine-readable document to a DID?
>>
>> A: (Assuming a legit public profile use case) Depends on what you're
>> linking from.
>> * To link a regular https URL or domain name, you can use the methods
>> that did:web uses -
>> https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-method-web/#create-register,
>>   which is basically the '.well-known' mechanism, or the DIDs in DNS spec
>> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mayrhofer-did-dns-01 .
>> * To link from a Solid style WebID Profile - tbd. (again, I'm planning to
>> bring it up in https://github.com/solid/identity-panel/issues/1 thread).
>> * To link from a linked data compatible social media profile like an
>> ActivityPub profile used by Mastodon etc... I'm not sure. I think there's
>> an experimental field for that?
>>
>> Hopefully this answers some of the questions.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 11:30 AM Melvin Carvalho <
>> melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 at 17:06, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 at 15:10, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 6/12/20 8:28 AM, Dan Bolser wrote:
>>>>> > Just reading this:
>>>>> > https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-method-key/
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Which looks nice, but I don't understand how resolution from DID to
>>>>> DID
>>>>> > doc happens.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >     The creation of a DID Document is also performed by taking the
>>>>> >     public key value and expanding it into DID Document
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Dan, I'm one of the Editors for that specification. I'm going to
>>>>> attempt to answer your questions below:
>>>>>
>>>>> > Ah... is the DID doc just a version of the key in a different format?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, more or less. The DID Document is deterministically generated from
>>>>> the DID. The goal of did:key is to be THE simplest and easiest to
>>>>> implement DID Method.
>>>>>
>>>>> > e.g. no other fields except those directly derived from the key are
>>>>> allowed?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes.
>>>>>
>>>>> > Sorry if that's obvious (sorry if this is a dumb question).
>>>>>
>>>>> No dumb questions... and this is a very good question and gets to the
>>>>> heart of what did:key is about.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hopefully this is neither a dumb question:
>>>>
>>>> Could a did:key Document be embedded in a regular JSON-LD document or
>>>> "Data Island"
>>>>
>>>> For example could I say "Alice has a did:key:multihash document"
>>>>
>>>> What would be a way to link Alice and the did:key, if there is one?
>>>>
>>>> In Turtle:
>>>>
>>>> <#Alice> *???* <did:key:multihash> .
>>>>
>>>> In JSON-LD
>>>>
>>>> {
>>>>   "@id": "#Alice",
>>>>   "*???*":  [{ "@id" : "did:key:multihash" }]
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> What is the part labeled with 3 question marks?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hmmm, this also made me think:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-method-key/#example-2-a-did-document-derived-from-a-did-key
>>>
>>> Perhaps the DID Document should have a type?  Something like
>>>
>>> "type": "DIDDocument"
>>>
>>> In Example 8, above.  Or is that assumed from the @context?
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > In this sense it's essentially a 'mock' or 'placeholder' DID
>>>>> document?
>>>>>
>>>>> I wouldn't say it's a 'mock' or 'placeholder' DID document. It is a
>>>>> bonafide DID Document that can be used in production systems that don't
>>>>> require key rotation. For example, very useful in test environments and
>>>>> systems that use short lived DIDs (throw-away pairwise relationships,
>>>>> etc.).
>>>>>
>>>>> -- manu
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/
>>>>> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
>>>>> blog: Veres One Decentralized Identifier Blockchain Launches
>>>>> https://tinyurl.com/veres-one-launches
>>>>>
>>>>>