Re: Using a DID Identifier in a filename?

or just call url encoding it is sure to be generally available,.tom


On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 6:12 PM Michael Herman (Trusted Digital Web) <
mwherman@parallelspace.net> wrote:

> How about these additions to #didlang (version 0.4)...
>
> +did:color ...to register a new DID Method name
>
> +did:color:mygray Name="My Gray" A=255 R=10 G=10 B=10 ...to add a new DID
> Chain: a new DID Identifier and associated DID Agent Cluster and subsequent
> DID Object
>
> -did:color:mygray ...to deactivate the DID Chain associated with the DID
> Identifier
>
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> *From:* Michael Herman (Trusted Digital Web) <mwherman@parallelspace.net>
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 13, 2022 6:43:18 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: Using a DID Identifier in a filename?
>
> As an aside: it would be interested to fuse did-cli and #didlang:
> https://youtu.be/mf0aKLvJoCw
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> *From:* Dmitri Zagidulin <dzagidulin@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 13, 2022 2:26:01 PM
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> public-credentials@w3.org>
> *Subject:* 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>
> *Cc:* public-credentials (public-credentials@w3.org) <
> public-credentials@w3.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Using a DID Identifier in a filename?
>
> 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
>
> OS
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> On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 2:17 PM Michael Herman (Trusted Digital Web) <
> mwherman@parallelspace.net> wrote:
>
> 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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