Decentralized Identifiers
W3C specification for identifiers that their subject can create and control without a central registry. DID 1.0 became a Recommendation in July 2022; DID 1.1 reached Candidate Recommendation in March 2026.
Part of threads Names that outlive their hosts proposes; Who issues your name online? proposes; Who vouches for it? proposes
published by
- World Wide Web Consortium organization 1994 [src]
authored by
-
Christopher Allen
person
[src]
listed as an author of DID 1.0
- Dave Longley person [src]
edited by
- Amy Guy person [src]
- Drummond Reed person [src]
- Manu Sporny person [src]
- Markus Sabadello person [src]
influenced by
- Rebooting the Web of Trust project 2015–2023 [src]
built upon by
-
AT Protocol
standard
2022
[src]
did:plc and did:web