Relative DID URLs

[FabioPinheiro]

I'm back you this question again. (Can't find previous discussions)

In 3.2.2 Relative DID URLs its mention how relative DID URLs look like that how it should be used. Examples are given

But then they are incompatible with the rest of the specs...

Each library implement these on different ways there are incompatibilities.
It's been a pain trying to be interruptible. I cannot even open issues on the libraries because the issue comes from the specification.

In the 5.2 Verification Methods

The value of the id property for a verification method MUST be a string that conforms to the rules in Section 3.2 DID URL Syntax.

In the 5.2.2 Referring to Verification Methods

if the value is a URL string, the verification method has been included by reference and its properties will need to be retrieved from elsewhere in the DID document or from another DID document. This is done by dereferencing the URL and searching the resulting resource for a verification method map with an id property whose value matches the URL.

In 5.2.2 Referring to Verification Methods

This is done by dereferencing the URL and searching the resulting resource for a verification method map with an id property whose value matches the URL.

[msporny]

@FabioPinheiro what change would you like to see in the specification? Can you propose some concrete text?

Based on my read of https://www.w3.org/TR/did-1.0/#relative-did-urls ... and 5.2, you coerce any relative value using the rules in section 3.2.2. IOW, I don't see what the issue is, can you specify exactly what problem it is that you are experiencing?

[FabioPinheiro]

believe there is another ticket and two PRs +- related with this.
I need to build the current version of the document and read again.

But basically I believe that in section 5.2 instead of The value of the id property for a verification method MUST be a string that conforms to the rules in Section 3.2 DID URL Syntax." it should aloud for relative did urls.
Because the relative did urls is NOT a specific part of the Syntax since it does not follow the rules defined of the DID URLs.

[FabioPinheiro]

BTW one of the PRs I was taking is here w3c/did-resolution#130

[peacekeeper]

@FabioPinheiro do you agree that in DID Resolution this has been fixed by w3c/did-resolution#125 ?

Then if I understand correctly, you are saying that here in DID Core we should also clarify that the value of id properties can be relative DID URLs?

[FabioPinheiro]

yes

In terms of examples, there is already one added by #860 (PR #874) before I open a issue.

My problem is that the specification in 5.2 "The value of the id property for a verification method MUST be a string that conforms to the rules in Section 3.2 DID URL Syntax." is in contradiction. Because the DID URL Syntax doesn't account for Relative DID URL for my understanding.

IMO (and I'm having some difficulties of having the current state of the document at the moment) we should specify/rename DID URL to Full DID URL and generalize the name DID URL to be either full or relative DID URLs. And then revisit the whole document to figure out if it should be using Full DID URL or a DID URL.