Consider adding the concept of a "handle" for a DID

[swcurran]

did:plc has the concept of a handle or a "pet name" for a DID. That is, a unique name for a DID that can be resolved in some circumstances. did:plc uses that for the human-friendly BluSky identifiers for people/organizations on the BluSky social network. The handle is unique and enforced by the registration of the DID with a authorized entity.

It would be interesting to see if we can add the concept of a handle to did:webs. A purely self-attested name (stephen) would not be sufficient as it would not ensure uniqueness in any form. Perhaps we could use the "AlsoKnowAs" to remove the restriction that a did:webs MUST have the AID as the last part of the name. Any web path could be a did:webs as long as the AID was in the DIDDoc, and the KEL/TEL was available as required by the DID Method.

[peacekeeper]

remove the restriction that a did:webs MUST have the AID as the last part of the name

If you want something like did:webs without AID, just use did:web :)

[2byrds]

We have decided that equivalentId and alsoKnownAs must be AID controlled identifiers. Should we close this @swcurran or would you like to offer alternate solutions?

[swcurran]

Happy to close and see if this comes up again.