Re: [apps-discuss] Proposal for a Finance Area Mailing List

[=JeffH <[e-mail]>]

In addition to the previously mentioned EDI and IOTP work, there was also this 
back in the late 1990s..

CyberCash Credit Card Protocol Version 0.8
file:///home/hodges/doc/IETF/rfc/rfc1898.txt

ECML v1: Field Names for E-Commerce
file:///home/hodges/doc/IETF/rfc/rfc2706.txt

ECML v1.1: Field Specifications for E-Commerce
file:///home/hodges/doc/IETF/rfc/rfc3106.txt

..and then fwiw, it's not clear what happened to these expired I-Ds..

draft-eastlake-internet-payment
draft-eastlake-universal-payment
draft-hallam-micropayment-01


Donald Eastlake and Steve Crocker were involved in the above work (they were 
apparently affiliated with CyberCash at the time). They'd likely have some 
input into this discussion (as has been noted).


A separate but related question is whether "financial-protocol" folk need 
different underlying  protocols, for transport/transfer of this particular type 
of data and notifications, than what is extant (and implemented & shipping) 
today (e.g., HTTP, TLS/SSL, SCTP, XMPP, etc.).

If not, then perhaps they might concentrate on the stuff at their "financial" 
layer and concoct "bindings" to the existing underlying stuff (eg, as we did in 
SAML & Liberty (to HTTP)) as appropriate, and they then could perhps more 
easily work on their "financial" layer whereever (eg, W3C, OASIS, SomeNew.org, 
etc).

The overall key is (as has been noted in this thread) getting a critical mass 
of subject matter experts to show up with the cycles/commitment to 
accomplishing something. So one should select a venue that such folk are most 
likely to participate in. That may or may not be the IETF (Your Mileage May Vary..)

HTH,

=JeffH