DID Method Registry Needs Private-Public and Purpose Columns? [Was: Re: Fwd: New member - and (hopefully) an interesting use case - and a question]

On 2020-05-26 8:31 pm, steve capell wrote:
>
>  1. the method part of the DID is important for interoperability
>     and, although I can see the value in letting anyone setup a new
>     method, there is a risk of explosion - as
>     https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-method-registry/ seems to already
>     show.  Looking at this list of methods, I really have no idea
>     what problem each is solving, why there are so many, and whether
>     I should re-use one or create another.  I'd be keen to discuss
>     that problem with someone!
>

+1

It seems it was only yesterday there were 6 entries in the DID Methods 
registry, and now there are 59.

I believe developers (as well as outsiders with general interest about 
what's happening here) will want a way to easily sort this list for 
purposes, either to find someone to contract, to know whether to start 
one from scratch, or to know if a FOSS Method is already in 
development for a given purpose.

So:

I'd like to propose adding either one or two columns to the Method 
Registry. If two columns are possible, perhaps the first might say one 
of three things:

Private Internal / Private for Public Use / Public Free Open Source

And the second column, beside that, is a brief description (one or two 
sentences) about what it does. IMO the "Private Internal" case 
wouldn't need to enter a description, but the other two would need to 
do so.

If something like this was done, it would be relatively easy to scan 
the list and see which methods are of interest and contact the 
relevant developers to see the status. Otherwise, with 59 (and maybe 
hundreds soon?) it will be a herculean effort to try to figure out 
what exists already and what needs to be done.

And also, since the election is upcoming, I'd like to know if any of 
those running for Chairs of the group would agree that something like 
this should be done.


Steven Rowat