Possible problem: one key, several DIDs about did-jwk HOT 2 CLOSED

This is a design choice, there is some language regarding this in the security section of the spec.

To expand on that here, it is simply not a function of a DID URI to conform one-to-one with any given key. DID URIs are by definition abstract and separate from the one-or-more keys that are related to that DID.

Secondarily, the creator of the DID URI is responsible for encoding it, and all consumers should be preserving that string exactly as-is. Only their DID resolver is decoding it and returning a DID Document. The creator of the DID URI could decide to encode it differently in another usage, but that is always a new DID (that just happens to have the same key).

Appreciate the question, hope that helps clarify :)

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Thanks @quartzjer, fair enough!

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