Re: Relationship between WebID and DID (documents)

On 29/11/2023 21:43, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
> (...)  DID spec is a controversial spec with multiple, formal 
> objections from major W3C players, against it.
The way you phrase it is misleading, so indulge me in some nitpicking: 
there is no such thing as "a spec with formal objections". DID is a W3C 
REC. It has the same standing as any other W3C REC.

It is true that, before it was published, there were formal objections 
to its publication as a REC. Those formal objections have been 
overruled, as part of the W3C process. The "deal" was that the next 
incarnation of the DID WG would address the concerns of the objectors.

Don't get me wrong: I'm not claiming  that the controversy around DIDs 
is over (as a matter of fact, the rechartering of the DID WG is still 
under discussion). But when it comes to the DID spec, it is a REC. 
Therefore...

> Inclusion of DID in the charter will almost certainly lead to 
> legitimate formal objections down the line, which is an unnecessary 
> risk.  WebID is a perfectly good standards compliant identity system, 
> and it's going to be more than enough work to standardize that, in 
> this WG.

... I think we risk just as much objections if we propose to create a 
new REC that overlaps with an already existing REC, unless we have very 
good arguments. I am not saying that such arguments do not exist (I 
honestly have no strong opinion eitherway), only that I they should be 
explicitly stated in the WebID spec.

>
>     To conclude: my goal here is not to dismiss anyone's work, but to
>     try and clarify our position w.r.t. other (published or
>     in-progress) W3C standards. This will be useful for chargering the
>     Solid WG, but this is a good thing to do in general, IMO.
>
>         best
>
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>     [1]
>     https://github.com/solid/solid-wg-charter/issues/39#issuecomment-1829420164

>     [2] https://github.com/solid/solid-wg-charter/issues/39

>     [3] https://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/webid/spec/identity/

>     [4] https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/

>     [5] https://w3c.github.io/vc-controller-document/

>     [6] https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-method-web/

>     [7] https://solid.github.io/did-method-solid/

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