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Accurately describe dependence on registries.
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Co-authored-by: Markus Sabadello <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Manu Sporny <[email protected]>
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This design eliminates dependence on centralized registries for identifiers as
well as centralized certificate authorities for key management, which is the
This specification utilizes registries to enable interoperable definitions of
<a>DID document</a> property names defined by this and other specifications,
<a>DID method</a> names, DID parameter names,
and cryptographic algorithm identifiers.
Some of these registries are operated by the W3C DID Working group
and others are operated by other standards organizations, including the IETF.
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This design eliminates dependence on centralized registries
for identifier and key management, which is the
standard in hierarchical <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_key_infrastructure">
PKI (public key infrastructure</a>).
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