Specification

https://www.w3.org/TR/did-resolution

Explainer

Explainer included within specification.

Links

• The WG's request for this TAG review: https://www.w3.org/2025/10/09-did-minutes.html#:~:text=wip%3A%20I%27m,the%20horizontal%20review.
• Previous early design review, if any: N/A
• An introduction to the feature, aimed at unfamiliar audiences: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-resolution/#introduction
• A description of the problems that end-users were facing before this proposal: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-resolution/#use-cases
• Alternatives considered: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-resolution/#relationship-to-other-technologies
• Examples of how to use the proposal to solve the end-users' problems: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-resolution/#implementer-overview
• What do the end-users experience with this proposal: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-resolution/#relationship-to-other-technologies
• User research you did to validate the problem and/or design, if any: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-resolution/#relationship-to-other-technologies
• Web Platform Tests: N/A

The specification

• Follows the Web Platform Design Principles.
• Includes Security and Privacy Considerations sections based on answers to the Security/Privacy Questionnaire.

Where and by whom is the work is being done?

• GitHub repo: https://github.com/w3c/did-resolution
• Primary contacts:
  • Will Abramson (@wip-abramson), Legendary Requirements, Chair
  • Otto Mora @ottomorac, Privado ID, Chair
  • Markus Sabadello (@peacekeeper), Danube Tech, Editor
  • 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

Feedback so far

• Active horizontal reviews:
  • https://github.com/w3c/security-request/issues/106
  • https://github.com/w3cping/privacy-request/issues/178
  • https://github.com/w3c/a11y-request/issues/127
  • https://github.com/w3c/did-resolution/issues/144

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