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Add type property
rhiaro Sep 21, 2020
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Change type example to Organization, suggested by @talltree
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Expand Up @@ -1288,11 +1288,42 @@ <h2>DID Subject</h2>
However, the fully resolved <a>DID document</a> always contains a valid
<code><a>id</a></code> property. The value of <code><a>id</a></code> in the
resolved <a>DID document</a> MUST match the <a>DID</a> that was
resolved, or be populated with the equivalent canonical <a>DID</a>
specified by the <a>DID method</a>, which SHOULD be used by the resolving
resolved, or be populated with the equivalent canonical <a>DID</a>
specified by the <a>DID method</a>, which SHOULD be used by the resolving
party going forward.
</p>

<p>
For certain use cases it might be useful to explicitly state the nature of the
<a>DID subject</a> (e.g., person, organization, book, web page, data
structure, abstract concept, etc.). For this, the <code><a>type</a></code>
property is used.
</p>

<p>
<a>DID documents</a> MAY include the <code><a>type</a></code> property.
</p>

<dl>
<dt><dfn>type</dfn></dt>
<dd>
Where present, the value of <code>type</code> MUST be a
<a data-cite="INFRA#lists">list</a> where each item in the list is either a
<a>URI</a> conforming to [[RFC3986]] <em>or</em> a <a
data-cite="INFRA#string">string</a> which is registered in the
[[DID-SPEC-REGISTRIES]].
</dd>
</dl>

<pre class="example nohighlight" title="Example of type property">
{
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1",
"id": "did:example:21tDAKCERh95uGgKbJNHYp",
"type": ["https://schema.org/Organization"],
<span class="comment">...</span>
}
</pre>

<p>
A <a>DID subject</a> can have multiple identifiers for different purposes, or
at different times. The assertion that two or more <a>DIDs</a> (or other types
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