From d6625508a269f03833a96263e3e766a8cd0f2006 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manu Sporny Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 11:30:32 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix editorial issues in The Role of Human-Friendly Identifiers section. --- index.html | 19 ++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 17182b97..f1a18568 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -4456,10 +4456,11 @@

The Role of Human-Friendly Identifiers

DIDs achieve global uniqueness without the need for a central registration authority. This comes at the cost of human memorability. -The algorithms capable of generating globally unique identifiers -produce random strings of characters that have no human meaning (see also +Algorithms capable of generating globally unique identifiers +produce random strings of characters that have no human meaning. This +trade-off is often referred to as Zooko's -Triangle). +Triangle.

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The Role of Human-Friendly Identifiers

name, a domain name, or a conventional address for a DID controller, such as a mobile telephone number, email address, social media username, or blog URL. However, the problem of mapping human-friendly identifiers to -DIDs (and doing so in a way that can be verified and trusted) is +DIDs, and doing so in a way that can be verified and trusted, is outside the scope of this specification.

-Solutions to this problem should be defined in separate specifications that -reference this specification. It is strongly recommended that such -specifications carefully consider the: +Solutions to this problem are defined in separate specifications, such as +[[?DNS-DID]], that reference this specification. It is strongly recommended that +such specifications carefully consider the:

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-A draft specification for discovering a DID from domain names and email -addresses using DNS lookups is available at [[?DNS-DID]]. -

From cebb246ef79cab4021525ee9804494b606ad6f27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manu Sporny Date: Sat, 29 May 2021 14:48:54 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Apply suggestions to Human-Friendly Identifiers section from @dlongley. Co-authored-by: Dave Longley --- index.html | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index f1a18568..7c3f1692 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -4456,7 +4456,7 @@

The Role of Human-Friendly Identifiers

DIDs achieve global uniqueness without the need for a central registration authority. This comes at the cost of human memorability. -Algorithms capable of generating globally unique identifiers +Algorithms capable of generating globally unambiguous identifiers produce random strings of characters that have no human meaning. This trade-off is often referred to as Zooko's