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Introduction
did:scid is a proposed new DID method designed to maximize the security, privacy, and portability benefits of self-certifying identifiers (SCIDs). Here is the definition of a SCID in the ToIP Glossary:
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That is the purpose of the did:scid method.
Examples
NOTE: The first two examples are based on the verification metadata formats defined by the |
did:scid Webvh Example
The first example is a DID that uses version 1 of the Webvh did:scid method. The other four are example did:scid URLs that show three different web servers and one blockchain (cheqd) where the verifiable history may be found as defined by the did:webvh method.
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A did:scid consists of five colon-delimited segments as summarized in table 1:
# | Segment | Purpose |
1 | did | URI scheme as required by W3C DID 1.0 |
2 | scid | DID method name |
3 | scid-method-name | SCID method name |
4 | ver | SCID method version |
5 | method-specific-id | SCID value |
A did:scid MUST conform to the following ABNF (most of which is identical to section 3.1 of W3C Decentralized Identifiers 1.0):
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Appendix A: did:scid Method Registry
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Appendix B: Bluesky DID Requirements
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Because it is designed to be fully portable, a did:scid can have its verifiable history written to any number of target locations.
IMPORTANT: When the verifiable history of a |
When these locations are web servers designed explicitly to accept verifiable history updates securely (e.g., by verifying the signature of each update), we can call this a DID server.
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