First Public Working Draft: Decentralized Identifier (DID) Resolution and DID URL Dereferencing v1.0

Decentralized Identifier (DID) Resolution and DID URL Dereferencing v1.0

https://www.w3.org/TR/2024/WD-did-resolution-20241128/

Published by
 Decentralized Identifier Working Group

Abstract

Decentralized identifiers (DIDs) are a new type of identifier for verifiable, "self-sovereign" digital identity. DIDs are fully under the control of the DID controller, independent from any centralized registry, identity provider, or certificate authority. DIDs resolve to DID Documents — simple documents that describe how to use that specific DID. 

This document specifies the algorithms and guidelines for resolving DIDs and dereferencing DID URLs.

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Comments regarding this document are welcome. Please file issues directly on GitHub, or send them to public-credentials@w3.org (subscribe, archives). 

Portions of the work on this specification have been funded by the United States Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate under contracts HSHQDC-17-C-00019. The content of this specification does not necessarily reflect the position or the policy of the U.S. Government and no official endorsement should be inferred. 

Work on this specification has also been supported by the Rebooting the Web of Trust community facilitated by Christopher Allen, Shannon Appelcline, Kiara Robles, Brian Weller, Betty Dhamers, Kaliya Young, Kim Hamilton Duffy, Manu Sporny, Drummond Reed, Joe Andrieu, and Heather Vescent. 

This document was published by the Decentralized Identifier Working Group as a First Public Working Draft using the Recommendation track.

Publication as a First Public Working Draft does not imply endorsement by W3C and its Members.

This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress.

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This document is governed by the 03 November 2023 W3C Process Document.

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