Re: Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.0 becomes a W3C Recommendation

There’s reason to be optimistic about the future of the web. Thank you ccg and all those who advocate tirelessly for open standards.

Our work at LEF quite literally depends on it.

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From: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 6:50 AM
To: W3C Credentials CG <public-credentials@w3.org>
Subject: Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.0 becomes a W3C Recommendation

We did it folks!!! Victory!

DIDs are now a ratified W3C global standard!

https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/

With 40 supporting testimonials for the press release, IIUC, it's the most
supported release in W3C history. For comparison, HTML5 had 19 testimonials[1]. :)

Once again, the W3C Credentials CG makes history. :)

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Subject: Press Release: Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.0 becomes a W3C
Recommendation

Today World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announces that Decentralized Identifiers
(DIDs) v1.0 is now an official Web standard. DIDs are a new tool to empower
everyone on the web with privacy-respecting online identity and consent-based
data sharing.  To learn more read our press release below as text or online at:

https://www.w3.org/2022/07/pressrelease-did-rec.html.en

Yours sincerely,

Amy van der Hiel
W3C Media Relations Coordinator

[1] https://www.w3.org/2014/10/html5-rec.html.en