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Accurately describe dependence on registries #277

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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
identifiers used by DID implementations, including
<a>DID document</a> member names defined by this and other specifications,
<a>DID methods</a>,
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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 key management, which is the
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standard in hierarchical <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_key_infrastructure">
PKI (public key infrastructure</a>).
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