Re: Can we keep did-method as a variable in the spec?

And I want to +1 Manu's +1. After reading this thread, it appears you are
seeking exactly the same solution the Indy community came up with for
Indy-compatible ledger:

*did:indy:[network]:[subnet]:[method-specific-id]*


Just replace "indy" with the name of your DID method that the community as
a whole can agree upon.

=Drummond

On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 6:06 AM Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
wrote:

> On 2/18/22 3:45 AM, Markus Sabadello wrote:
> > if the difference between "zones" is mostly governance, and the
> underlying
> > technology is essentially the same, then again I don't think there should
> > be separate DID methods.
>
> I just wanted to +1 the advice that Markus and Daniel are providing. It
> really
> does sound like the protocol is the exact same between all these different
> networks, which indicates that you are dealing with one DID Method, not
> hundreds of them.
>
> I'll also note that if you were to start attempting to register tens to
> hundreds of DID Methods that we would most likely change the registration
> rules for the registry so that such unsustainable use of the registry would
> come to an end.
>
> Unless you can show us how these "zones" differ in significant ways from a
> protocol perspective, you are almost certainly talking about a single DID
> Method (that is capable of addressing multiple networks running the same
> protocol).
>
> -- manu
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