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
• 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:peer Method	Specs	@dhh1128	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/peer-did-method-spec
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
DID Spec Extensions	Specs	@peacekeeper	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-spec-extensions
DID Registration	Specs	@peacekeeper	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-registration
DID Method Enumeration	Specs	@TelegramSam	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-method-enum
DID Traits	Specs	@jceb	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-traits
did:webvh Method	Specs	@swcurran	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didwebvh, https://didwebvh.info/
did/whois	Specs	@swcurran	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-whois

Former Work Items:

Name	Type	Leads	Status	Link(s)
Linked Verifiable Presentation	Specs	@jceb	Completed	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/linked-vp
.well-known DID Configuration	Specs	@csuwildcat, @OR13	Completed	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/.well-known
Secret Recovery Methods (Fuzzy Encryption, Horcrux)	Documentation	@TomCJones, @csuwildcat, @johncallahan	Inactive	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/secret-recovery-methods https://github.com/decentralized-identity/fuzzy-encryption https://github.com/decentralized-identity/horcrux
Rust did:key Implementation	Code	@tmarkovski	Inactive	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-key.rs
did-common-dotnet	Code	@juanfranblanco, @veikkoeeva	Inactive	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-common-dotnet
JSON-LD Document Loader	Code	@OR13	Inactive	https://github.com/decentralized-identity/jsonld-document-loader
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