Re: Using a DID Identifier in a filename?

Great question, Michael.

I've also been faced with this problem (storing did documents & keys for
the did-cli tool), and I've found that URL-encoding the DIDs turns them
into file system friendly identifiers.
I like Orie's suggestion too, though.

On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 3:27 PM Michael Herman (Trusted Digital Web) <
mwherman@parallelspace.net> wrote:

> I like the latter Orie. It's also a good way to avoid file system
> directory size related performance issues. Thk you
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> *From:* Orie Steele <orie@transmute.industries>
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 13, 2022 1:23:49 PM
> *To:* Michael Herman (Trusted Digital Web) <mwherman@parallelspace.net>
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> *Subject:* Re: Using a DID Identifier in a filename?
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> Yes, I have had this problem before.
>
> and yes, you can just convert all reserved characters from the ABNF.
>
> https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/#did-syntax (beware of "." and "_", etc)
>
> If you can get away with dropping the "did:method" part, your files will
> be more readable.
>
> You can also consider a folder structure approach: /did/method/id.json
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> On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 2:17 PM Michael Herman (Trusted Digital Web) <
> mwherman@parallelspace.net> wrote:
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> Given that a colon is an invalid filename character (at least on most
> PCs), does any one have any thoughts about a convention for mapping a DID
> Identifier into a filename?
>
> For example, using a simple mapping of a colon into a dot (period)?
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