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Meeting information - Bi-weekly Mondays 1400 ET
- Before your contribute - join DIF and sign the WG charter (both are required!)
- Time: Every other Monday, 14:00-15:00 ET
- Calendar entry
- Zoom room, Meeting ID: 81528204613, Passcode: 908914
In addition to the regular I&D WG meetings, we also hold Work Item Calls dedicated to individual work items. Any work item lead can organize Work Item Calls about their work item.
did:webvh Work Item Call - Every second Thursday 0900 PT
This weekly Work Item Call is dedicated to the did:webvh
work item.
We discuss issues related to the specification, and how the Work Item could relate to other technologies.
DID Traits Work Item Call - Every second Tuesday 1700 CET
This weekly Work Item Call is dedicated to the DID Traits work item.
We discuss issues related to the specification, and how the Work Item could relate to other technologies.
Linked VP Work Item Call - Every second Thursday of the month 1900 CET
This weekly Work Item Call is dedicated to the Linked Verifiable Presentations work item.
We discuss issues related to the specification, and how the Work Item could relate to other technologies.
Work Item Call - 11 Jul 2024 - (1900CET)canceled- Work Item Call - 13 Jun 2024 - (1900CET) recording
Work Item Call - 09 May 2024 - (1900CET)canceled- Work Item Call - 11 Apr 2024 - (1900CET) recording
- Work Item Call - 14 Mar 2024 - (1900CET) recording
- Work Item Call - 08 Feb 2024 - (1900CET) recording
- Work Item Call - 11 Jan 2024 - (1900CET) recording
- Work Item Call - 14 Dec 2023 - (1900CET) recording
Universal Resolver Work Item Call - Wednesdays 0800 ET (discontinued)
This weekly Work Item Call is dedicated to the Universal Resolver work item.
We discuss policy and governance topics (e.g. when to add/remove drivers), as well
as technical topics (e.g. integration with the W3C DID test suite, monitoring, analytics, etc.).
- Work Item Call - 19 May 2021 - (1300ET) recording
Work Item Call - 26 May 2021 - (1300ET)cancelled- Work Item Call - 02 Jun 2021 - (1300ET) recording
- Work Item Call - 09 Jun 2021 - (1300ET) recording
- Work Item Call - 16 Jun 2021 - (1300ET) recording
- Work Item Call - 23 Jun 2021 - (1300ET) recording
- Work Item Call - 30 Jun 2021 - (1300ET) recording
Work Item Call - 07 Jul 2021 - (1300ET)canceled- Work Item Call - 14 Jul 2021 - (1300ET) recording
- Work Item Call - 21 Jul 2021 - (0800ET) recording
- Work Item Call - 28 Jul 2021 - (0800ET) recording
Work Item Call - 04 Aug 2021 - (0800ET)summer breakWork Item Call - 11 Aug 2021 - (0800ET)summer breakWork Item Call - 18 Aug 2021 - (0800ET)summer breakWork Item Call - 25 Aug 2021 - (0800ET)summer break- Work Item Call - 01 Sep 2021 - (0800ET) recording
- Work Item Call - 08 Sep 2021 - (0800ET) recording
Work Item Call - 15 Sep 2021 - (0800ET)canceledWork Item Call - 22 Sep 2021 - (0800ET)canceled- Work Item Call - 29 Sep 2021 - (0800ET) recording
- Work Item Call - 06 Oct 2021 - (0800ET) recording
Work Item Call - 13 Oct 2021 - (0800ET)canceledWork Item Call - 20 Oct 2021 - (0800ET)canceled- Work Item Call - 27 Oct 2021 - (0800ET)
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DID Registration Work Item Call - Wednesdays 1100 CET (discontinued)
This weekly Work Item Call is dedicated to the DID Registration work item.
We discuss scope and high-level architectural questions, work on the specification, and
analyze other, related initiatives and specifications.
- Work Item Call - 19 May 2021 - (1000ET) recording
- Work Item Call - 26 May 2021 - (1000ET) recording
- Work Item Call - 02 Jun 2021 - (1000ET) recording
Work Item Call - 09 Jun 2021 - (1000ET)canceledWork Item Call - 16 Jun 2021 - (1000ET)rescheduled to 18 Jun 2021 - (0800ET)- Work Item Call - 18 Jun 2021 - (0800ET) recording
- Work Item Call - 23 Jun 2021 - (1000ET) recording
Work Item Call - 30 Jun 2021 - (1000ET)canceledWork Item Call - 07 Jul 2021 - (1000ET)canceled- Work Item Call - 14 Jul 2021 - (1000ET) recording
Work Item Call - 21 Jul 2021 - (1000ET)canceledWork Item Call - 28 Jul 2021 - (1000ET)canceledWork Item Call - 04 Aug 2021 - (1000ET)summer breakWork Item Call - 11 Aug 2021 - (1000ET)summer breakWork Item Call - 18 Aug 2021 - (1000ET)summer breakWork Item Call - 25 Aug 2021 - (1000ET)summer break- Work Item Call - 01 Sep 2021 - (1000ET) recording
Work Item Call - 08 Sep 2021 - (1000ET)canceledWork Item Call - 15 Sep 2021 - (1000ET)canceled- Work Item Call - 22 Sep 2021 - (1000ET) recording
- Work Item Call - 29 Sep 2021 - (1000ET) recording
Work Item Call - 06 Oct 2021 - (1000ET)canceledWork Item Call - 13 Oct 2021 - (1000ET)canceledWork Item Call - 20 Oct 2021 - (1000ET)canceled- Work Item Call - 27 Oct 2021 - (1000ET) recording
- Work Item Call - 03 Nov 2021 - (1000ET) recording
Work Item Call - 10 Nov 2021 - (1000ET)canceled- Work Item Call - 17 Nov 2021 - (1030ET) recording
Work Item Call - 24 Nov 2021 - (1000ET)canceledWork Item Call - 01 Dec 2021 - (1000ET)canceled- Work Item Call - 08 Dec 2021 - (1000ET) recording
Work Item Call - 15 Dec 2021 - (1000ET)winter breakWork Item Call - 22 Dec 2021 - (1000ET)winter breakWork Item Call - 29 Dec 2021 - (1000ET)winter breakWork Item Call - 05 Jan 2022 - (1000ET)winter breakWork Item Call - 12 Jan 2022 - (1000ET)canceledWork Item Call - 19 Jan 2022 - (1000ET)canceled- Work Item Call - 26 Jan 2022 - (1000ET) recording
Work Item Call - 02 Feb 2022 - (1000ET)canceled- Work Item Call - 09 Feb 2022 - (1100CET) recording
- Work Item Call - 16 Feb 2022 - (1100CET) recording
Work Item Call - 23 Feb 2022 - (1100CET)canceledWork Item Call - 02 Mar 2022 - (1100CET)canceledWork Item Call - 09 Mar 2022 - (1100CET)canceled- Work Item Call - 16 Mar 2022 - (1100CET) recording
Work Item Call - 23 Mar 2022 - (1100CET)canceledWork Item Call - 30 Mar 2022 - (1100CET)canceled- Work Item Call - 06 Apr 2022 - (1100CET) recording
- Work Item Call - 13 Apr 2022 - (1100CET) recording
- Work Item Call - 20 Apr 2022 - (1100CET) recording
Work Item Call - 27 Apr 2022 - (1100CET)canceled (due to IIW)Work Item Call - 04 May 2022 - (1100CET)canceledWork Item Call - 11 May 2022 - (1100CET)canceledWork Item Call - 18 May 2022 - (1100CET)canceled- Work Item Call - 25 May 2022 - (1100CET)
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Draft Meeting - 27 Jan 2025 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- Work item updates
- Other topics?
Meeting - 13 Jan 2025 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- Work item updates
- did:webvh meeting coming up on Thursday. Implementation is under way. Agenda ot the meeting: https://hackmd.io/k4cIK9vQSlaeg2pdHE51IQ
- (Markus) Update from DID Methods WG: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-methods/
- DID method standardization has started.
- DID method selection criteria for and proposals for DID method standardization
- (JC and Markus) Planned townhall meeting and outlook for 2025
- Proposal of holding a townhall meeting on 27 Jan, instead of the bi-weekly meeting.
- The goal is to look back on 2024 and look forward to 2025 to identify new work items and bring together people with common intrests from our working group.
- Jan Christoph's interest is to build real-world applications that use DIDs.
- (Ben Taylor, Victor Dods) Update on did:webplus
- Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dnQHCe_E3ACdUDN5GCLIEsyrYI4ohaiazOi3Deh7Muw/edit?usp=sharing
- did:web starting point - it doesn't meet the requirements of long-term verifiablity, availability and non-repudiability.
- Goal: create a "strong" DID method that meets the requirements that are relevant to the health care industry (https://www.oc-i.org/).
- Resolution works like did:web.
- Identifier is self-certifying.
- Components:
- DID Document Store, low-level component that exists creates a micro-ledger for a DID Document and can detect if multiple concurrent versions (forks) exist at the same time. Used by the VDR and the VDG
- Verifiable Data Gateway (VDG): Large-scale caching of DID documments. Has a consensus algorithm to synchronize changes between VDGs. Small number of VDGs exist that are run by neutral organizations.
- Implementations for all the components exist: https://github.com/LedgerDomain/did-webplus/
- There is no official specification, yet.
- (JC) DID Traits submission for review by working group
- The DID Traits work item is ready for submission and will be submitted to the working group in the next few days.
- Other topics?
- Juan Caballero
- Markus Sabadello
- Stephen Curran
- Victor Dods
- Otto Mora
- Jan Christoph Ebersbach
Meeting - 16 Dec 2024 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- Work item updates
- [Sid Lamichhane] did:ipfs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aabA1dFT-hI
- Sid Lamichhane
- Rob Aaron
- Stephen Curran
- Markus Sabadello
Meeting - 02 Dec 2024 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- Work item updates
- Work item proposal for
<did>/whois
- Experimental Universal Resolver/Registrar support for DID Traits: https://uniregistrar.io/1.0/traits
- Short discussion about DID Resolution over DIDComm: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/tree/main/features/0124-did-resolution-protocol
- DID support in SD-JWT VC: oauth-wg/oauth-sd-jwt-vc#278
- Other topics?
- Markus Sabadello
- Rob Aaron
- Vik
- Stephen Curran
- Michael Herman
Meeting - 18 Nov 2024 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- Discuss work item proposal for
<did>/whois
(postponed) - Work item updates
- DID Traits:
- Timeline for 0.8 release has been set → Dec 10
- Submissions of traits for this release are still open until the call next week.
- DID Traits:
- Other topics?
- Markus Sabadello
- Rob Aaron
- Tom Jones
- Jan Christoph Ebersbach
Meeting - 4 Nov 2024 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- Update from IIW
- Work item updates
- Other topics?
- TODO
Meeting - 21 Oct 2024 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- Work item updates
- did:tdw:
- 0.4 version is almost ready.
- 4-5 implementations exist.
- Custom website for did:tdw didtdw.org
- DID method will be registered.
- Universal Resolver implementation is being planned.
- Presentations will be held at the upcoming IIW.
- Merger of did:web and did:tdw is being dicussed.
- did:tdw server is being implemented with UNTP.
- DID Traits:
- Important meeting last week with the conclusion that "metadata" like "is a universal resolver driver available" will not be part of the traits specification. The specification will solely focus on binary traits like "is key pre-rotation supported".
- The next step is to define what will be part of the 0.1 release.
- did:tdw:
- Other topics?
- Stephen Curran
- Rob Aaron
- Dolores Macauley
- João Otávio Cano
- Joao Pedro Alonso Almeida
- Jan Christoph Ebersbach
Meeting - 07 Oct 2024 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- Markus informs the group: there are currently two new calls in addition to the bi-weekly regular working group call.
- Markus informs the group: https://blog.identity.foundation/did-method-standardization-initiative-progress-update-and-next-steps/
- Work item updates
- did:tdw:
- Version 0.4 has been merged. This is likely the last big change before releasing version 1.0.
- The implementation of a witness has been updated.
- The plan is deploy the implementations in production scenarios in the next few weeks.
- DID Traits: The first deliverable of an aligned list of traits is under way. More feedback is needed from more people.
- did:tdw:
- DID portability, DID rotation, redirecting a DID
- Joao and Christoph: a specification and implementation has been created that allows a DID to have a successor DID.
- The functionality could be added as a trait to the DID Traits effort.
- The W3C DID specification could also reference this DID rotation specification.
- Idea: The functionality could be added to the Universal Registrar, so adding references and deactivating the old identifier becomes one function call to the registrar.
- Potential issue: The semantics of the current specification that uses the "also known as" attribute are not entirely clear. This could be resolved in an official specification.
- Other topics?
- Jao Pedro Alonso Almeida
- João Otávio Cano
- Stephen Curran
- Christoph Fabianek
- Markus Sabadello
- Jan Christoph Ebersbach
Meeting - 09 Sep 2024 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- Update on DID Traits
- Update on did:tdw
- Other topics?
- TODO
Meeting - 26 Aug 2024 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- New work item: did:tdw
- did:tdw addresses some of the feedback that was expressed about did:web.
- This working group has a history of working on DID method standardization, did:tdw fits in well.
- Stephan Curran gives an overview of did:tdw. The goal of did:tdw is to improve did:web. [Link to presentation](Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12NSbKbE3YfjjPuq8m0uEdn6hQ43wbW3YrW5auksbASQ/edit?usp=sharing)
- An important reason for bringing did:tdw to DIF is to find a neutral place to standardize and merge it with did:web eventually.
- Next steps:
- The work item will be presented to the working group.
- Once the working group approves it, the work item can be started and repositories will be transferred and set up at DIF.
- Update DID Traits
- The call will be a bi-weekly call on Tuesday, 5pm CEST. The first call will be on 03.09. 5pm CEST.
- Review: ID WG work items (remainder)
- Universal Resolver and Registrar - is maintained with little resources.
- did-common-java - dependency of registrar, etc. is maintained.
- did-common-dotnet - appears abandoned.
- did:peer - not yet ratified, should be pushed forward so it can be ratified.
- secret recovery - abandoned, not enough interest.
- did-resolver and did-jwt are active.
- DID spec extensions - extensions that are registered in the W3C did spec registries, maintained by Markus.
- Rust did:key - appears abandoned.
- DID registration - spec is complete and active.
- DID Method Enumeration - spec is not complete, yet. Align with Sam.
- Markus will update the list of work items.
- Other topics?
- Stephan Curran
- Kim Duffy
- Markus Sabadello
- Patrick St. Louis
- Rob Aaron
- Przemek
- PmcB
- Jan Christoph Ebersbach
Meeting - 12 Aug 2024 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- Approval DID Traits Work Item
- The work item has been accepted by the working group.
- A repository will be set up to store the results.
- A separate call will be set up to align and work on this item.
- Christoph brought up the idea of testing traits in an automated manner. Guidance and test harnesses could be additional deliverables for this work item.
- Review: ID WG work items (remainder)
- postponed to next week.
- Other topics?
- Christoph F.
- Jan Christoph Ebersbach
Meeting - 29 Jul 2024 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- [Jack] Delegating from one DID to another, signing VCs on behalf of another DID
- Jack shares about key delegtation that they have implemented at Tonomy Foundation. However, the solution is not very privacy preserving.
- The proposal is to create a delegated DID that just lives in the browser and that can be trace back to the origintal DID.
- All existing delegation approaches require an update of the original DID document.
- Idea: create a new DID method that encodes a delegation VC into the DID. The VC proves the delegation, because the VC is signed by the original DID.
- Use case: Single Sign-on via an "authorized" DID.
- Challenge: capability delegation / DID linking could also be done via plain Verifiable Credentials.
- Next step: Jack will take the feedback and get back to the WG once the idea becomes more mature.
- Update on DID Traits
- Updated document: https://gist.github.com/jceb/8e37e4900e815eb14b207ad7e8d02a6c
- Feedback:
- DID Traits is a useful work item.
- Use a better word for "Trait", maybe "Characteristics".
- Add a trait the show whether the document is hosted some, e.g. relevant for privacy purposes.
- Next step: request feedback from the working group for the next two weeks and then officially accept the work item at the next call in 2 weeks.
- Proposal: ID WG Survey
- Didn't get to it.
- Review: ID WG work items (remainder)
- Didn't get to it
- Other topics?
- Markus Sabadello
- Jack Tanner
- Tom Jones
- Jan Christoph Ebersbach
Meeting - 15 Jul 2024 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- Update: Completion of Linked-VP work item
- Work item is complete.
- It received much interest from people and entities around the world.
- The monthly call isn't needed anymore and will be canceled.
- Proposal: New work item DID Traits (including update on discussion with ToIP and OpenWallet Foundation)
- Jan Christoph presents current status of proposal https://gist.github.com/jceb/8e37e4900e815eb14b207ad7e8d02a6c
- Alignment with Trust over IP Foundation (Drummond Reed) and OpenWallet Foundation (Mirko Mollik) happened, they are very interested in the results and will selectively support the work item.
- Feedback in the call concerning the proposal:
- Participants find work item useful.
- Suggestion: in the work item we should think about the presentation of the traits in other places, e.g. a DID method specification document, as a "food nutrition label".
- Suggestion: create a formal definition of each trait, ideally with test vectors that could be applied to DID methods.
- Suggestion: Interconnect the work with W3C did-wg by linking back and forth between the specifications.
- Jan Christoph raises the question of how the work item should be called: Identifier Traits vs DID Traits. Feedback:
- Mixed feedback, the idea to apply the traits framework to other types of identifiers is a noble cause that could also become very difficult to maintain.
- We conclude that the introduction will state that the framework could be applied to other identifier schemes without providing any guarantees of how well it fits.
- Who should participate:
- People who created the rubric.
- Everyone on the call + ID WG.
- Joe Andrew.
- Google and Apple - people who evaluated the DID specification / methods.
- Next step: Create draft and propose work item to the working group.
- Review: ID WG work items
- Universal Resolver and Registrar - is maintained with little resources.
- did-common-java - dependency of registrar, etc. is maintained.
- did-common-dotnet - appears abandoned.
- did:peer - not yet ratified, should be pushed forward so it can be ratified.
- secret recovery - abandoned, not enough interest.
- did-resolver and did-jwt are active.
- DID spec extensions - extensions that are registered in the W3C did spec registries, maintained by Markus.
- We didn't managed to finish the list of work items (https://github.com/decentralized-identity/identifiers-discovery/blob/main/README.md). Next one is: Rust did:key Implementation.
- Proposal: ID WG Survey
- We didn't get to this topic.
- Move meeting to a different time
- We didn't get to this topic.
- Other topics?
- JC Ebersbach
- Markus Sabadello
- Bumblefudge
- Brian
- Sam Curren
- Tom Jones
Meeting - 01 Jul 2024 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- Linked-VP work item approved by Steering Committee
- New Co-chair proposal JC Ebersbach
- Updates on DID Traits
- Response by DIF to EUDI Wallet Architecture Reference Framework
- ID WG summer meeting schedule
- Other topics?
- JC Ebersbach
- Kim Hamilton Duffy
- Markus Sabadello
Meeting - 17 Jun 2024 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- New work item for describing DID method functionalities ("DID Traits"), e.g.
- Can DIDs be updated/deactivated?
- Is it possible to view the history of a DID (using versionId, versionTime)?
- Is the DID always resolvable without extra information?
- Is it possible to enumerate all DIDs that exist globally?
- Also see here, initial work by JC Ebersbach: https://gist.github.com/jceb/8e37e4900e815eb14b207ad7e8d02a6c
- Other topics?
- JC Ebersbach
- Rob Aaron
- Victor Lu
- Markus Sabadello
Work Item Meeting - Linked Verifiable Presentations - 13 Jun 2024 - (1900 CET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- Work Item - Linked Verifiable Presentations: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/linked-vp
- Other topics?
- Jan Christoph Ebersbach
- Rob Aaron
- Markus Sabadello
Meeting - 03 Jun 2024 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- Important attributes when comparing DID methods, see thread https://difdn.slack.com/archives/C4WED8JSH/p1714988601534219?thread_ts=1714988601.534219&cid=C4WED8JSH
- Other topics?
- JC Ebersbach
- Rob Aaron
- Markus Sabadello
Meeting - 06 May 2024 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- [MG] Updates from GoPlausible about a universal DID resolver with extra features
- [ezequiel] Key rotation, and identifying specific versions
- Other topics?
- M G
- ezequiel
- Rob Aaron
- Markus Sabadello
Meeting - 22 Apr 2024 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- [MG] Next steps for Universal DID resolver on ChatGPT
- Other topics?
- M G
- Markus Sabadello
- Oleksandr Brezhniev
Work Item Meeting - Linked Verifiable Presentations - 11 Apr 2024 - (1900 CET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- Work Item - Linked Verifiable Presentations: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/linked-vp
- Other topics?
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- [JCEbersbach] Status update on Linked VP Work Item: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/linked-vp
- [MG] Alternatives to Universal Resolver/Registrar in other languages
- Other topics?
Work Item Meeting - Linked Verifiable Presentations - 14 Mar 2024 - (1900 CET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- Work Item - Linked Verifiable Presentations: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/linked-vp
- Other topics?
- Markus Sabadello
- Jan Christoph Ebersbach
Meeting - 11 Mar 2024 - (1400 ET) recording
- Welcome and introductions
- ID WG participation tracking
- Agenda creation/review/prioritization
- [DanielB] Update on potential
did:dht
Work Item: https://did-dht.com/ - [JCEbersbach] Update on Linked VP Work Item: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/linked-vp
- [AndorK] Work on service profiles: https://github.com/trustoverip/tswg-trust-registry-service-profile, https://service-profiles.andor.us/
- Other topics?
- Markus Sabadello
- andor
- Limari Navarrete
- Rob Aaron
- Tom Jones