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This document describes the DID Vocabulary, i.e., the vocabulary used to ensure the authenticity and integrity of W3C DID Documents, a profile of W3C Controlled Identifier Document.
Alternate versions of the vocabulary definition exist in Turtle and JSON-LD.
This document is merely a W3C-internal document. It has no official standing of any kind and does not represent consensus of the W3C Membership.
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This specification makes use a number of external vocabulary namespaces.
ddhttps://www.w3.org/ns/did#sechttps://w3id.org/security#acthttps://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#dchttp://purl.org/dc/terms/dctermshttp://purl.org/dc/terms/owlhttp://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#rdfhttp://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#rdfshttp://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#xsdhttp://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#vshttp://www.w3.org/2003/06/sw-vocab-status/ns#schemahttp://schema.org/jsonldhttp://www.w3.org/ns/json-ld#@context filesSeveral @context files make use of the terms defined in this specification.
The following are property definitions in the dd namespace.
controllerController
See also the formal definition of the term.
The property's value should be a URL, i.e., not a literal.
This term is formally defined in another vocabulary (as sec:controller), but is frequently used with this vocabulary and has been included to aid readability of this document.
@contexts:https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1.1,https://w3id.org/security/data-integrity/v2,https://www.w3.org/ns/cid/v1alsoKnownAsAlso known as
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This term is formally defined in another vocabulary (as act:alsoKnownAs), but is frequently used with this vocabulary and has been included to aid readability of this document.
@context:https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1.1verificationMethodVerification method
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This term is formally defined in another vocabulary (as sec:verificationMethod), but is frequently used with this vocabulary and has been included to aid readability of this document.
@contexts:https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1.1,https://w3id.org/security/data-integrity/v2authenticationAuthentication method
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This term is formally defined in another vocabulary (as sec:authentication), but is frequently used with this vocabulary and has been included to aid readability of this document.
VerificationRelationship@contexts:https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1.1,https://w3id.org/security/data-integrity/v2,https://www.w3.org/ns/cid/v1assertionMethodAssertion method
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This term is formally defined in another vocabulary (as sec:assertionMethod), but is frequently used with this vocabulary and has been included to aid readability of this document.
VerificationRelationship@contexts:https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1.1,https://w3id.org/security/data-integrity/v2,https://www.w3.org/ns/cid/v1capabilityDelegationMethodCapability delegation method
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capabilityDelegation as a shortened term in JSON-LD. Since this shortened term and its mapping to this property are in significant use in the ecosystem, the inconsistency between the short term name (capabilityDelegation) and the property identifier (...#capabilityDelegationMethod) is expected and should not trigger an error.This term is formally defined in another vocabulary (as sec:capabilityDelegationMethod), but is frequently used with this vocabulary and has been included to aid readability of this document.
VerificationRelationship@contexts:https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1.1,https://w3id.org/security/data-integrity/v2,https://www.w3.org/ns/cid/v1capabilityInvocationMethodCapability invocation method
See also the formal definition of the term.
capabilityInvocation as a shortened term in JSON-LD. Since this shortened term and its mapping to this property are in significant use in the ecosystem, the inconsistency between the short term name (capabilityInvocation) and the property identifier (...#capabilityInvocationMethod) is expected and should not trigger an error.This term is formally defined in another vocabulary (as sec:capabilityInvocationMethod), but is frequently used with this vocabulary and has been included to aid readability of this document.
VerificationRelationship@contexts:https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1.1,https://w3id.org/security/data-integrity/v2,https://www.w3.org/ns/cid/v1keyAgreementMethodKey agreement protocols
See also the formal definition of the term.
keyAgreement as a shortened term in JSON-LD. Since this shortened term and its mapping to this property are in significant use in the ecosystem, the inconsistency between the short term name (keyAgreement) and the property identifier (...#keyAgreementMethod) is expected and should not trigger an error.This term is formally defined in another vocabulary (as sec:keyAgreementMethod), but is frequently used with this vocabulary and has been included to aid readability of this document.
VerificationRelationship@contexts:https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1.1,https://w3id.org/security/data-integrity/v2,https://www.w3.org/ns/cid/v1publicKeyMultibasePublic key multibase
See also the formal definition of the term.
This term is formally defined in another vocabulary (as sec:publicKeyMultibase), but is frequently used with this vocabulary and has been included to aid readability of this document.
@contexts:https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1.1,https://w3id.org/security/multikey/v1secretKeyMultibaseSecret key multibase
See also the formal definition of the term.
This term is formally defined in another vocabulary (as sec:secretKeyMultibase), but is frequently used with this vocabulary and has been included to aid readability of this document.
@contexts:https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1.1,https://w3id.org/security/multikey/v1publicKeyJwkPublic key JWK
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This term is formally defined in another vocabulary (as sec:publicKeyJwk), but is frequently used with this vocabulary and has been included to aid readability of this document.
@contexts:https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1.1,https://w3id.org/security/jwk/v1secretKeyJwkSecret key JWK
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This term is formally defined in another vocabulary (as sec:secretKeyJwk), but is frequently used with this vocabulary and has been included to aid readability of this document.
@contexts:https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1.1,https://w3id.org/security/jwk/v1serviceService
See the formal definition of the term.
Service@context:https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1.1serviceEndpointService endpoint
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Service@context:https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1.1The following are class definitions in the dd namespace.
ServiceService
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serviceserviceEndpointVerificationMethodVerification method
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This term is formally defined in another vocabulary (as sec:VerificationMethod), but is frequently used with this vocabulary and has been included to aid readability of this document.
verificationMethod, authentication, assertionMethod, capabilityDelegationMethod, capabilityInvocationMethod, keyAgreementMethodVerificationRelationshipSec : verification relationship
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This term is formally defined in another vocabulary (as sec:VerificationRelationship), but is frequently used with this vocabulary and has been included to aid readability of this document.
MultikeyMultikey Verification Method
See also the formal definition of the term.
This term is formally defined in another vocabulary (as sec:Multikey), but is frequently used with this vocabulary and has been included to aid readability of this document.
publicKeyMultibase, secretKeyMultibase@context:https://w3id.org/security/multikey/v1JsonWebKeyJSON Web Key Verification Method
See also the formal definition of the term.
This term is formally defined in another vocabulary (as sec:JsonWebKey), but is frequently used with this vocabulary and has been included to aid readability of this document.
publicKeyJwk, secretKeyJwk@context:https://w3id.org/security/jwk/v1The following are datatype definitions in the dd namespace.
multibaseDatatype for multibase values
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This term is formally defined in another vocabulary (as sec:multibase), but is frequently used with this vocabulary and has been included to aid readability of this document.
xsd:stringpublicKeyMultibase, secretKeyMultibase@context:https://w3id.org/security/multikey/v1