remove DID methods, and make DID resolution a REC track deliverable

addresses
- #427 (DID resolution on REC track)
- #431 (remove DID methods)
- #434 (now moot, as DID methods have been removed)

2023/did-wg.html

@@ -78,10 +78,9 @@ <h1 id="title"><i class="todo">PROPOSED</i> Decentralized Identifier Working Gro
       <p class="mission">
 The <strong>mission</strong> of the
 <a href="https://www.w3.org/2019/did-wg/">Decentralized Identifier Working Group</a>
-is to maintain the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/">Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs)</a>
-specification and related Working Group Notes. The WG will also seek consensus
-around the best way to achieve effective interoperability, possibly through the
-specification of DID Resolution and/or DID methods.
+is two-fold. First, it will maintain the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/">Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs)</a>
+specification and related Working Group Notes.
+Second, it will define common requirements, algorithms, architectural options, and various considerations for the DID resolution and DID URL dereferencing processes.
       </p>
 
       <div class="noprint">
@@ -151,12 +150,10 @@ <h2>Motivation and Background</h2>
 level changes on the Recommendation.
         </p>
         <p>
-The Working Group will also seek consensus around DID Method specifications, and
-may produce related documents.
+The Working Group will also take over the work started by the Credenials Community Group around <a href="https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-resolution/">DID Resolution</a>, to define common requirements, algorithms including their inputs and results, architectural options, and various considerations for the DID resolution and DID URL dereferencing processes.
         </p>
         <p>
-The Working Group will begin working toward a specification for DID Resolution
-and DID URL Dereferencing.
+It is expected that these two goals will be taken by distinct task forces in the WG.
         </p>
       </section>
 
@@ -182,10 +179,7 @@ <h2>Scope</h2>
         </ul>
 
         <p>
-The Working Group may also publish new Working Group Notes, Editors Drafts, or
-Working Drafts for DID Resolution or DID URL Dereferencing, or of DID Method
-Specifications. Any new documents intended for Recommendation will be
-limited to the Working Draft maturity level.
+The Working Group may also publish new Working Group Notes.
         </p>
 
         <section id="section-out-of-scope">
@@ -224,7 +218,7 @@ <h3>
             The Working Group will maintain the following W3C normative specification:
           </p>
 
-          <dl>
+          <dl id="deliverable-did-core">
             <dt class="spec"><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/">Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.0</a></dt>
             <dd>
               <p>This specification defines new type of identifier that enables verifiable, decentralized digital identity.
@@ -240,34 +234,18 @@ <h3>
                   <b>Exclusion Draft Charter</b>: <a href="https://www.w3.org/2020/12/did-wg-charter.html">https://www.w3.org/2020/12/did-wg-charter.html</a>.  
               </p>
             </dd>
-          </dl>
-          <p>
-            The Working Group may begin work on the following W3C normative specifications:
-          </p>
-
-          <dl>
-            <dt class="spec">Decentralized Identifier (DID) Method Specification</dt>
-           <dd>
-             <p>
-             DID Method Specifications may be produced by the working group.
-             </p>
-             <p class="milestone">
-              <b>Expected Completion:</b> It is not intended that any DID Method Specification developed by the working group will advance beyond <a href="https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/#RecsWD">Working Draft status</a>.
-             </p>
-             <p>
-             <b>Adopted Draft:</b> The <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/did-spec-registries/#did-methods">DID Specification Registries</a> contains many links to examples of DID Method Specifications, some of which may be selected by the working group for development into a Recommendation. The group might also choose a similar starting document not listed in the Registry.
-             </p>
-           </dd>
+           </dl>
+           <dl id="deliverable-did-resolution">
             <dt class="spec">Decentralized Identifier (DID) Resolution and DID URL Dereferencing v1.0</dt>
-           <dd>
+            <dd>
              <p>
              This document specifies the algorithms and guidelines for resolving DIDs and dereferencing DID URLs.
              </p>
              <p class="draft-status">
               <b>Draft State:</b> Draft Community Group Report
              </p>
              <p class="milestone"><b>Expected completion:</b>
-             It is not intended that DID Resolution and DID URL Dereferencing will advance beyond <a href="https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/#RecsWD">Working Draft status</a>.
+             <i class="todo">START+24M</i>.
              </p>
              <p><b>Adopted Draft:</b>
               DID Resolution v0.3, <a href="https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-resolution/">https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-resolution/</a>, published 2023-01-18, may serve as a starting point.