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Rework the abstract to be more grounded
Based on https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/1157
Nit in the Abstract: there's a fairly grand description of what DIDs are meant to do, but mechanically, I think they're just a kind of URL that's guaranteed to resolve/dereference to a DID Document ... and this specification defines how that dereferencing works. Would it make sense to keep the abstract a little more grounded?
This was discussed during the #did meeting on 30 October 2025.
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w3c/did-resolution#225
manu: Well...kind of agree / disagree. Standard URIs were centralizing, whereas the explicit purpose is to make DIDs decentralized. Could make it more grounded, but editorial. Can't object, but we could try.
ivan: Point is that what a DID is, and why it was created is part of DID Core, not in the DID Resolution spec.
I'm fine w/ Ivan's interpretation as well -- we could make it more about DID Resolution.
This was discussed during the #did meeting on 11 November 2025.
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w3c/did-resolution#225
Wip: would prefer did resolution is more grounded an technical.
wip: did resolution is just a way to resolve dids and did documents
it was agreed it should be toned down
wip: anyone want to volunteer?
moving on
This was discussed during the #did meeting on 04 December 2025.
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w3c/did-resolution#225
manu: it is editorial
… I'm wondering: should we spend call-time discussing issues that are marked "ready for PR".
… All those issues need is someone taking them on.
… We processed these at TPAC, let's not re-process them.
… Some discussions brought clarifications, but this one does not need any.
… At this point, I think the chairs should appoint people; asking nicely for volunteers will not work.
… This is just a suggestion, though.
@jenniemeier assigning this issue to you. Can you take a look before next call, where you can raise any questions/issues you might have.
If you struggle with creating a PR, you can just propose the updated abstract text in the comments on this issue.