If DIDs are just a self-signed document format/spec for what the fields look like and how to handle/process one and how to attach signed assertions then great!

If DIDs are just a self-signed document format/spec for what the fields look like and how to handle/process one and how to attach signed assertions then great! That's all we need. I thought the idea was you'd publish your identity to a chain and the chain would "ratify" it or something. That part seems unnecessary.