Thanks Steffen!

Hi Markus,

We understand the frustration, but we think this is the best way forward
for all parties involved.

Regards,
 Rifaat


On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 5:57 AM Steffen Schwalm <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Markus,
>
>
>
> while I understand you anger: As long as extension are there you could add
> an additional spec describing how to use DID within SD-JWT VC. As we
> already have possible SDO for this I kindly ask you to contribute on the
> subject.
>
>
>
> @Rifaat, @Hannes: Thanks for your work as chairs.
>
>
>
> Best
>
> Steffen
>
>
>
> *Von:* Markus Sabadello <[email protected]>
> *Gesendet:* Montag, 15. September 2025 19:58
> *An:* [email protected]
> *Betreff:* [OAUTH-WG] Re: Call for WG Feedback on DID Resolution in
> SD-JWT VC
>
>
>
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> On one of the relevant Github threads, 15 people agreed that removal was a
> bad idea:
>
> https://github.com/oauth-wg/oauth-sd-jwt-vc/issues/250#issuecomment-2256016913
>
> There are many other Github issues, comments, and PRs that also expressed
> disagreement with the removal.
>
> Several people have stated on Github that removal would be a problem for
> their existing implementations.
>
> In the previous attempt to remove DIDs, that removal had to be reverted
> after intervention by the chairs.
>
> In this last PR which now removed DIDs, there were more -1 than +1 votes
> on Github.
>
> In an earlier version of the specification, support for DID Resolution was
> mandatory; after much discussion, the WG consensus was to make it optional.
>
> In the various discussions about this topic, multiple substantial
> arguments were articulated why the feature shouldn't be removed. None of
> those arguments were discussed in the WG.
>
> In contrast, no real arguments have been brought forth why this
> (optional!) feature should be removed; instead, the arguments in favor of
> removal were "it's tiresome", "it's stuff that doesn't work anyway", "it's
> a reputational risk", "there were no real objections to removal other than
> DIDs are great", "you can define an extension", and "DIDs are not
> interoperable" (without really explaining or discussing this last claim).
>
> The editor who has now removed the feature in his fifth attempt has in the
> past admitted to trying to prevent active WG discussion about this topic.
>
> At the last IETF meeting, that same editor has given an extremely
> one-sided presentation about this controversial topic, with almost no time
> allowed for alternative arguments and discussion.
>
> At least one of the people who are now supporting removal in this thread
> is supporting it "because there is no chance to win".
>
> Silently removing a feature that many people didn't want to be removed,
> and then asking for agreement to the removal afterwards, is not an
> appropriate approach to handling such a situation.
>
> The discussion culture around removal of this feature has been passive
> aggressive, provocative, dismissive, instead of substantial discussion
> about the pros and cons. The group pressure to remove this has been
> enormous.
>
> Markus
>
> On 9/13/25 1:53 AM, Rifaat Shekh-Yusef wrote:
>
> All,
>
>
>
> This is an official call for getting the WG’s opinion on the last open
> issue in draft-ietf-oauth-sd-jwt-vc-10 concerning the *removal* of the *DID
> Document Resolution*.
>
> In an early version of the SD-JWT VC document, we had three Issuer-signed
> JWT Verification Key Validation techniques:
>
>    1. JWT VC Issuer Metadata
>    2. X509 based certificates
>    3. DID Document Resolution
>
>
> Do you agree with the removal of the DID Document Resolution option from
> the SD JWT VC specification?
>
> Please note that this *does not *prevent future *extensions*. Interested
> parties are free to define and publish an extension that adds DID Document
> Resolution support, if desired.
>
> Please, reply on the *mailing list *with your preference by *October 3rd*.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>  Rifaat & Hannes
>
>
>
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