Re: Planning to close Universal DID-Native Addressing (UDNA) Community Group due to inactivity unless we hear from you

Hi Amir,

Thank you for the update. I have some questions inline.

> On Apr 2, 2026, at 1:05 PM, Amir Hameed <amsaalegal@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thank you for reaching out.
> 
> Yes, the Universal DID-Native Addressing (UDNA) Community Group is active, and work is ongoing—though much of the activity is currently happening outside the W3C platform.

Can you say where the work is happening? How do group participants learn where the work is happening?

If you have links to discussion forums where there is activity, please share them and we’ll add them to the list of tools for your group.

Another idea is to use the WordPress blog instance to share updates with the community (again, so they can participate in the discussions).
The WordPress blog instance is here: https://www.w3.org/community/did-native-addr/

You can log in and, as Chair, create posts.
 

> 
> 1. Specifications
> The group is actively exploring and developing concepts around DID-native addressing systems, including approaches that remove dependency on traditional DNS infrastructure. While formal specifications are still in early stages, experimental implementations and architectural work are underway. We have published an explainer first to introduce the concepts.

Do you have a link to the explainer?

(It would be good to add that as a link from https://www.w3.org/community/did-native-addr/  , which I can do
and also add a readable link from your GitHub repo README.)   

> 
> 2. Future Standardization
> We see strong potential for future standardization, either within W3C or in collaboration with other standards bodies in the decentralized identity and web infrastructure space. Our goal is to evolve these ideas into interoperable, production-grade specifications.
> 
> Additional Context
> A significant portion of the current work is being prototyped and discussed through external repositories and experimental implementations. We will work on improving visibility by updating the group’s homepage and sharing progress more consistently within the W3C ecosystem.

Thank you!

> We would appreciate keeping the group open as we expect increased activity and more structured outputs in the near future.
> Thank you for your support.

I appreciate the update; please do send me any links to other tools you are using, so that our own tooling can be improved.

In the meantime, we won’t close the group. Thank you,

Ian


> 
> Best regards,
> Amir Hameed Mir
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 at 11:23 PM, Team Community Process <team-community-process@w3.org> wrote:
> Dear participants in the
> 
>    Universal DID-Native Addressing (UDNA) Community Group
>    https://www.w3.org/community/did-native-addr/
> 
> Your Community Group appears to have become inactive (per [1]).
> 
> If your group is in fact active, we ask that you respond to this email
> with answers to these two questions:
> 
> * Is your group publishing any Specifications?
> * What is the group's expectation about future standardization of
>   those Specifications at W3C or at some other standards body?
> 
> We also recommend the following:
> 
> * Let us know where the activity is going on so that we can update our
>   data and improve our tools.
> 
> * Update your group home page with news of your activities.  Chairs
>   can use the group Wordpress instance of the group to post news; let
>   us know if you have any questions.
> 
> If you would like us to keep the group open because you expect it to
> become active in the near future or for other compelling reasons, just
> let us know.
> 
> If you would like to schedule a call to discuss the current status of
> your group, your plans, and any obstacles to success, or you simply
> have questions about the CG program, please let us know.
> 
> If would like us to close the group, or if we do not hear from you in
> the next 30 days, we will plan to close the group.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> CG/BG System
> 
> [1] https://www.w3.org/community/about/faq/#close-inactive
> 

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Received on Friday, 3 April 2026 19:04:20 UTC