[w3ctag/design-reviews] WG New Spec: DID Resolution (Issue #1157)

wip-abramson created an issue (w3ctag/design-reviews#1157)

### Specification

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

### Explainer

Explainer included within specification.

### Links

- The WG's request for this TAG review: https://www.w3.org/2025/10/09-did-minutes.html#:~:text=wip%3A%20I%27m,the%20horizontal%20review.
- Previous early design review, if any: N/A
- An introduction to the feature, aimed at unfamiliar audiences: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-resolution/#introduction
- A description of the problems that end-users were facing before this proposal: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-resolution/#use-cases
- Alternatives considered: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-resolution/#relationship-to-other-technologies
- Examples of how to use the proposal to solve the end-users' problems: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-resolution/#implementer-overview
- What do the end-users experience with this proposal: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-resolution/#relationship-to-other-technologies
- User research you did to validate the problem and/or design, if any: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-resolution/#relationship-to-other-technologies
- Web Platform Tests:  N/A


### The specification

- [x] Follows the [Web Platform Design Principles](https://www.w3.org/TR/design-principles/).
- [x] Includes Security and Privacy Considerations sections based on answers to the [Security/Privacy Questionnaire](https://www.w3.org/TR/security-privacy-questionnaire/).

### Where and by whom is the work is being done?

- GitHub repo: https://github.com/w3c/did-resolution
- Primary contacts:
  - Will Abramson (@wip-abramson), Legendary Requirements, Chair
  - Otto Mora @ottomorac, Privado ID, Chair
  - Markus Sabadello (@peacekeeper), Danube Tech, Editor
  - Pierre-Antoine Champin (@pchampin), W3C, Staff Contact
- Organization/project driving the specification: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-1.1/#acknowledgements
- This work is being funded by: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-1.1/#acknowledgements
- Primary standards group developing this feature: DID WG
- Group intended to standardize this work: DID WG
- Incubation and standards groups that have discussed the design:
  - W3C Credentials Community Group
  - W3C Decentralized Identifiers Working Group



### Feedback so far

- Active horizontal reviews: 
  - https://github.com/w3c/security-request/issues/106
  - https://github.com/w3cping/privacy-request/issues/178
  - https://github.com/w3c/a11y-request/issues/127
  - https://github.com/w3c/did-resolution/issues/144



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