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- Q: Why not just use did:webs?
- The goals of the two DID Methods are quite similiar (a better web-based DID Method than did:web), but the approaches are fundamentally different.
did:websis a KERI-based system that produces as an indirect by-product, a DIDDoc that can be published on the web. Both the use of KERI, and the "indirection" of using KERI states to produce a DIDDoc makes (in the opinion of the Task Force leadership) the DID Method maybe perhaps challenging to implement and maintain if what you primarily need is a DID and DID document. On the other hand, did:tdw is based around the DIDDoc, and the creation and updating of the DIDDoc are the state events that that are logged. The DID Controller defines each version of the DIDDoc they want to publish, and the did:tdw registration process creates the "event" that transitions the DIDDoc from the previous state to the desired, authorized state such that the entire history can be verified by a resolver.
- The goals of the two DID Methods are quite similiar (a better web-based DID Method than did:web), but the approaches are fundamentally different.
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