Re: [dispatch] Finding a home for Multibase and Multihash

[Benjamin Goering <[e-mail]>]

+1 Manu. I’m willing to work towards this goal of publishing Multiformats specs at IETF RFCs.  I’m authenticating Manu putting my name in the byline :)

I’m will help with any editorial tasks that need to do be done. I’m new to the way of doing things around IETF, but will learn motivated by excitement to build with and benefit from systems that interoperate using did-core and VCs, including those specs’ normative dependencies of Multiformats. If any support from Multiformats.io <http://multiformats.io/> or https://github.com/multiformats/ <https://github.com/multiformats/> operators would be useful, I can also help chase down answers or actions from colleagues there.

To [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>’s question about whether there could be an open registry for appending new values: Like Manu, I also expect that this would be useful and should be created. I asked some other colleagues who’ve worked on Multiformats for longer and they agreed.

Manu had previously asked:

> What are the benefits of just documenting an existing practice for now?

I find myself wondering the same question?

I would be happy if we can work on this within a WG as a Proposed Standard.

Is anyone else making use of any of the specs linked to in Manu’s original post <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/dispatch/Q9aUoF01Upbvl7STjJvjoU8hlHM/> and think they could be improved by standardizing here the Multiformats they make use of? 

PS: Sorry if this message breaks threading. I looked for a ‘reply’ button on mailarchive.ietf.org <http://mailarchive.ietf.org/> but couldn’t find one.

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