Mirrored from: w3ctag/design-reviews#1086

This is a request for a horizontal review of Decentralized Identifiers v1.1. The TAG has reviewed this specification before, and the current review is a request for a review of a minor point release of DID v1.1. This v1.1 revision does not allow any class 4 changes and the only substantive changes that have occurred since v1.0 have been:

• Depending on the Controlled Identifiers v1.0 specification (also reviewed by TAG).
• The following class 3 changes: https://github.com/w3c/did/issues/?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aclosed%20label%3A%22class%203%22

From a normative standpoint, the document remains largely the same to the v1.0 specification.

• Explainer¹: https://github.com/w3c/did/blob/main/EXPLAINER.md
• Specification: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-1.1/
• Test Suite: https://w3c.github.io/did-test-suite/
• User research: Ongoing via production deployments
• Security and Privacy self-review²: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c36r86oI7q4qv0YKVsu0zlNiMwWTqCfWWReAkg3gd2A/edit (locked, for some reason, we're trying to get it unlocked)
• GitHub repo: https://github.com/w3c/did/
• Primary contacts:
  • Manu Sporny (@msporny), Digital Bazaar, Editor
  • Dmitri Zagidulin (@dmitrizagidulin), MIT DCC, Editor
  • Otto Mora (@ottomarc), Privado, Co-Chair
  • Will Abramson (@wip-abramson), Digital Contract Design, Co-Chair
  • Pierre-Antoine Champin (@pchampin), W3C, Staff Contact
• Organization/project driving the specification: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-1.1/#acknowledgements
• This work is being funded by: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-1.1/#acknowledgements
• Primary standards group developing this feature: DID WG
• Group intended to standardize this work: DID WG
• Incubation and standards groups that have discussed the design:
  • W3C Credentials Community Group
  • W3C Decentralized Identifiers Working Group
• Multi-stakeholder support³:
  • https://www.w3.org/press-releases/2022/did-rec/#testimonials-members
• Major unresolved issues with or opposition to this specification: None
• Status/issue trackers for implementations⁴:
  • https://w3c.github.io/did-test-suite/

Further details:

• I have reviewed the TAG's Web Platform Design Principles
• Previous early design review, if any: https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/216
• Relevant time constraints or deadlines: November 1st 2025 (in time for TPAC discussion)