# Co-editor, W3C Decentralized Identifiers 1.0

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Last updated: 2026-09-20
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## Bio

Drummond Reed co-edited the W3C Decentralized Identifiers 1.0 specification, co-chaired the Sovrin Governance Framework working group for five years, and sits on the steering committee of the Trust over IP Foundation. He was Chief Trust Officer at Evernym, now part of Gen Digital, and co-authored the Manning book on self-sovereign identity.

Profile built from public W3C, foundation, and publication records.

## Where their work shows up

Most of the hard part of [decentralized identity](https://startwithidentity.com/guides/fundamentals/what-is-decentralized-identity/) is not cryptography, it is governance: who is allowed to issue what, who decides to trust an issuer, and how that decision is written down so a verifier in another country can act on it. His work spans both halves, the [DID specification](https://startwithidentity.com/standards/decentralized-identifiers-did/) and the trust frameworks that make it usable. See [what is self-sovereign identity](https://startwithidentity.com/guides/fundamentals/what-is-self-sovereign-identity/) and the [decentralized identity vendors](https://startwithidentity.com/vendors/decentralized-identity/).