Re: CCG Community opinions needed to define CCG scope (specifically re: did methods as work items)

On 8/26/21 12:37 PM, Heather Vescent wrote:
> 1. What are the *pros* of including did methods as work items in the CCG?

Community vetting and approval of particular DID Methods.

Basically, broader and deeper review of DID Methods that we expect to be of
great use to the world. I expect there will be DID Methods that the community
wants to eventually propose as DID Methods for standardization (did:key and
did:web feel like two ones where we could get consensus on doing so).

> 2. What are the *cons* of including did methods as work items in the CCG?

Potential distraction from other higher priority work items. We probably need
at least 3-5 good DID Methods... but do we need 20+ DID Methods? Probably not.

> 3. Are there nuances in including a certain did method as a work item vs
> not including another?

Yes, absolutely, and I expect some will be tough calls that need a community
discussion.

> How would you decide which did methods could be official CCG work items?

As a general rule, answering "Yes" to these questions might be a good
indicator for a community DID Method:

1. Does this DID Method provide value to the broader
   community than the ones suggesting CCG take on the
   work?

2. Are multiple implementers wanting to use the DID
   Method in production and are there interoperability
   challenges that need to be overcome for doing so?

3. Are we sure this isn't some sort of veiled
   "I'm building applications for my ledger so
   I can get rich" play?

4. Are we sure that the proposers aren't looking for this
   community to rubber stamp the DID Method?

5. Are we sure this community isn't being used as a
   marketing tool by taking on the DID Method?

Aside from the regular checklist, there might be an easy checklist that we go
down that makes it easy to make this decision.

So, DID Methods that should be in scope:

did:key, did:web, and *possibly* did:pkh

DID Methods that should be out of scope:

did:sov, did:v1, did:ion, and did:btcr

> 4. Are there activities you would like included as part of CCG work
> activities that currently are not?

We should have a discussion where we try to re-focus our efforts every year or
two, figure out what the community wants to achieve in 2022, 2024, etc.

> 5. How should we as a community decide which items to include as community 
> work items or to leave outside the scope of the CCG?

Really, it's "who is willing to do the work and are they continuing to do the
work to move the item forward". We don't want to stop people from doing work,
but at the same time, we don't want vocal minorities to derail the groups
ability to get stuff done by opening a bunch of work items and then meeting
about them but not moving them forward.

-- manu

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Received on Thursday, 26 August 2021 17:57:19 UTC