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Publication status and milestones of the Working Group documents

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Latest versions of documents

Document	Latest official release	Editors’ Draft	Repository
DID Identifiers v1.0	did-core	ed	github rep
DID Use Cases and Requirements^†	did-use-cases	ed	github rep
DID Specification Registries^†	did-use-cases	ed	github rep
The Plain CBOR Representation v1.0^†	did-cbor-representation	ed	github rep
Decentralized Characteristics Rubric V1.0^†	did-rubric	ed	github rep
DID Implementation Guide v1.0^†	did-imp-guide	ed	github rep
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The Editors’ drafts are managed in GitHub repositories; the list of those repositories is available on the GitHub index page.

DID Identifiers v1.0:
- First Public Working Draft (FPWD): November 2019 (✓)
- Candidate Recommendation (CR): March 2021 (✓)
- Proposed Recommendation (PR): August 2021 (✓)
- Recommendation (REC): September 2021. (✓)
Decentralized Identifier (DID) Resolution and DID URL Dereferencing v1.0
- First Public Working Draft (FPWD)
- Candidate Recommendation (CR)
- Proposed Recommendation (PR)
- Recommendation (REC): April 2026.
Decentralized Identifier Use Cases & Requirements (Note):
- First Public Working Draft (FPWD): November 2019 (✓)
- Note: March 2021 (✓).
DID Specification Registries (Note):
- First Public Working Draft (FPWD): June 2020 (✓)
- Note: August 2021. (✓)
Decentralized Characteristics Rubric (Note):
- First Public Working Draft (FPWD): August 2021 (✓)
- Note: August 2021. (✓)