Note: DID Method Rubric v1.0

DID Method Rubric v1.0

https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/NOTE-did-rubric-20211119/

Published by
 Decentralized Identifier Working Group

Abstract

The communities behind Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) bring together a diverse group of contributors who have decidedly different notions of exactly what "decentralization" means. 

Rather than attempting to resolve this potentially unresolvable question, we propose a rubric — a scoring guide used to evaluate performance, a product, or a project — that teaches how to evaluate a given DID Method according to one's own requirements. 

This rubric presents a set of criteria which an Evaluator can apply to any DID Method based on the use cases most relevant to them. We avoid reducing the Evaluation to a single number because the criteria tend to be multidimensional and many of the possible responses are not necessarily good or bad. It is up to the Evaluator to understand how each response in each criteria might illuminate favorable or unfavorable consequences for their needs. 

This rubric is a collection of criteria for creating Evaluation Reports that assist people in choosing a DID Method. While this rubric assists in the evaluation of many aspects of a DID Method, it is not exhaustive.

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