Re: DIDs a more generalized and permanent for of UUID?

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
>