-A DID document SHOULD include a created property.
-
created property, the value
-of the property MUST be a valid XML datetime value, as defined in section
-3.3.7 of W3C XML Schema
-Definition Language (XSD) 1.1 Part 2: Datatypes [[XMLSCHEMA11-2]]. This
-datetime value MUST be normalized to UTC 00:00, as indicated by the trailing
-"Z".
-
-{
- "created": "2002-10-10T17:00:00Z"
-}
-
- -Standard metadata for identifier records includes a timestamp of the most recent -change. -
- -
-A DID document SHOULD include an updated property.
-
updated property, the value
-of the property MUST follow the same formatting rules as the
-created property (see Section ).
-
-{
- "updated": "2016-10-17T02:41:00Z"
-}
-
- created property
+to indicate the timestamp of the Create operation.
+This property MAY not be supported by a given DID method.
+The value of
+the property MUST be a valid XML datetime value, as defined in section 3.3.7 of
+W3C XML Schema Definition
+Language (XSD) 1.1 Part 2: Datatypes [[XMLSCHEMA11-2]]. This datetime value
+MUST be normalized to UTC 00:00, as indicated by the trailing "Z".
+ updated property
+to indicate the timestamp of the last Update operation.
+This property MAY not be supported by a given DID method.
+The value of
+the property MUST follow the same formatting rules as the created
+property.
+ +The next example demonstrates a JSON-encoded metadata structure that might be +used as DID document metadata to +describe timestamps associated with the DID document. +
+ +
+{
+ "created": "2019-03-23T06:35:22Z",
+ "updated": "2023-08-10T13:40:06Z"
+}
+
+
+ +This example corresponds to a metadata structure of the following format: +
+ ++«[ + "created" → "2019-03-23T06:35:22Z", + "updated" → "2023-08-10T13:40:06Z" +]» ++ @@ -3703,8 +3700,8 @@
-Non-repudiation is further supported if timestamps are included (see Sections - and ) and the target DLT +Non-repudiation is further supported if timestamps are included (see Section +) and the target DLT system supports timestamps.