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DRAFT: did:web Decentralized Identifier Method Specification

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Timeline for did web W3C advancement Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#88 · Opened Aug 21, 2025
Key Rotation Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#85 · 6 comments · Opened Feb 7, 2024
Subpaths under /.well-known Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#84 · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 14, 2023
Is there any usecase or relevant usage scenarios, methods, or examples about did:web method? Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#83 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 10, 2023
Clarify integrity protection / use of hashlinks Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#82 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 12, 2023
Can we mark this as final? Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#77 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 30, 2023
Require email for editors Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#73 · Opened Jan 30, 2023
UTS-46 and WHATWG Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#72 · Opened Jan 28, 2023
Are did:webs that redirect another domain's did:web ok? Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#71 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 18, 2023
User component of a URL Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#69 · 6 comments · Opened Dec 21, 2022
Support "file" not just "directory" paths Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#68 · 3 comments · Opened Dec 21, 2022
Encoding of tilde (`~`) Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#67 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 26, 2022
Did web method support Ed25519?? Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#66 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 27, 2022
Is historical query out of scope of this spec? Is it standardized anywhere else? Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#61 · 7 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jul 31, 2022
Register Well-Known URI Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#58 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 24, 2022
Deny off-domain redirects Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#55 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 17, 2021
Canonical URL algorithm needed for did:web `id` field Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#54 · 3 comments · Opened Dec 17, 2021
Use absolute file paths for did:web DIDs. Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#52 · 31 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 14, 2021
Remove the `.well-known` resolution rule Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#49 · 6 comments · Opened Dec 13, 2021
Spoofed DNS records aren't an issue Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#46 · Opened Nov 21, 2021
SHOULD utilize... Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#45 · 9 comments · Opened Nov 21, 2021
Specify correct certificate identities Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#44 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 21, 2021
Representation type Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#41 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 9, 2021
Should a cache be used and if so how long should it be set by default? Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#40 · 6 comments · Opened Oct 31, 2021
Should usage of IP addresses be allowed/mentioned within the spec? Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#39 · 5 comments · Opened Sep 7, 2021
Need to define URL generation better with the READ operation Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#37 · Opened Aug 19, 2021
Address the requested PR Feedback Open

w3c-ccg/did-method-web#29 · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 23, 2021
Turn w3id.org into a did web resolver with htaccess rewrite Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#25 · 6 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 14, 2021
Fix uni resolver Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#24 · 5 comments · Opened Feb 23, 2021
Help review did test suite conformance Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#23 · Opened Jan 23, 2021
Decide what to do about 'proof' section and other DID Doc Metadata Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#20 · 96 comments · Opened Oct 28, 2020
Add section on Discovery / Binding to Domains Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#19 · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 28, 2020
Add did-web-resolver to 'reference implementations' section Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#18 · Opened Oct 28, 2020
did:web based Identifier for an Issuer, Holder/Subject, Verifier - What is In Scope / Out of Scope or Appropriate / Not Appropriate? Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#16 · 8 comments · Opened Oct 20, 2020
Enable other DID doc content types Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#15 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 19, 2020
Mitigate against behaviour tracking Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#14 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 19, 2020
Define a mechanism for auditability / change tracking Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#13 · 11 comments · Opened Oct 19, 2020
Needs auth Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#12 · 5 comments · Opened Oct 19, 2020
Define HTTP operations for CRUD Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#11 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 19, 2020
file extension for a json-ld document should be .jsonld Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#8 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 16, 2020
How to handle hostnames with ports? Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#7 · 37 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 3, 2020
Add language that explicitly deters IDPs (Facebook, Google, MSFT etc.) from abusing subdomain-based IDs Open

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w3c-ccg/did-method-web#6 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 9, 2019

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