DIF Identifiers & Discovery Working Group

Members of the Working Group are engaged in development of protocols and systems that enable creation, resolution, and discovery of decentralized identifiers and names across underlying decentralized systems, like blockchains and distributed ledgers.

General Information

• Website page
• Github I&D WG repo
• Notion

Participation

• Charter
• Mailing list
• Meeting page
• Meeting recordings
• Slack channel
• Calendar entry
• Zoom room, Meeting ID: 811 4517 7291, Password: 387317
• To participate, join DIF, and sign the WG charter (both are required!)

Work Items

• All I&D WG Github repos

Current Work Items:

Name	Type	Lead(s)	Link(s)
Universal Resolver	Code	@peacekeeper	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/universal-resolver https://github.com/decentralized-identity/universal-resolver-frontend (various drivers)
Universal Registrar	Code	@peacekeeper	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/universal-registrar https://github.com/decentralized-identity/universal-registrar-frontend (various drivers)
did-common-java	Code	@peacekeeper	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-common-java
did-common-dotnet	Code	@juanfranblanco, @veikkoeeva	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-common-dotnet
did:peer Method	Specs	@dhh1128	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/peer-did-method-spec
.well-known DID Configuration	Specs	@csuwildcat, @OR13	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/.well-known
Secret Recovery Methods (Fuzzy Encryption, Horcrux)	Documentation	@TomCJones, @csuwildcat, @johncallahan	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/secret-recovery-methods https://github.com/decentralized-identity/fuzzy-encryption https://github.com/decentralized-identity/horcrux
JavaScript DID Resolver	Code	@pelle, @mirceanis	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-resolver https://github.com/decentralized-identity/ethr-did-resolver https://github.com/decentralized-identity/web-did-resolver
JavaScript DID JWT	Code	@pelle, @mirceanis	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-jwt https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-jwt-vc
JSON-LD Document Loader	Code	@OR13	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/jsonld-document-loader
DID Spec Extensions	Specs	@peacekeeper	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-spec-extensions
Rust did:key Implementation	Code	@tmarkovski	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-key.rs
DID Registration	Specs	@peacekeeper	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-registration
DID Method Enumeration	Specs	@TelegramSam	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-method-enum
Linked Verifiable Presentation	Specs	@jceb	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/linked-vp

Former Work Items:

Name	Type	Status	Link(s)
KERI	Specs and Code	Transitioned into separate Working Group	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/keri/
Sidetree	Specs and Code	Transitioned into separate Working Group	https://identity.foundation/working-groups/sidetree.html
DIF Security Context	Specs	Transitioned into W3C DID Spec Registries	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/context
Python DID Resolver	Specs	Abandoned	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/universal-resolver-python