Re: [Multiformats] New versions of Multibase and Multihash published

[Melvin Carvalho <[e-mail]>]

út 5. 9. 2023 v 20:29 odesílatel Manu Sporny <[e-mail]>
napsal:

> On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 2:19 PM Melvin Carvalho <[e-mail]>
> wrote:
> > Two possible suggestions:
> > 1. a second standardization effort around cid: or urn:cid: which
> includes multihash identifiers
>
> ^ This is probably the best path forward for you, Melvin. You probably
> need to take it through IETF Dispatch at IETF 119 (which the current
> proposals have gone through and ended up here). Ideally, you'd need a
> spec before you took it through dispatch. Based on what Bengo has
> said, and your response, it seems as if there is some controversy
> around this topic that we'd like to avoid in the first iteration of a
> Multiformats WG.
>

Could you clarify what you're referencing in regards to Bengo and the
associated controversy?

I'm ready to utilize your work and register a provisional cid: scheme or
urn:cid: scheme, based on your preference.  Should be a simple enough copy
and paste.

>
>
> > 2. try and incoporate a way to express a CID character for character in
> the existing work.
>
> The "existing work" proposed includes Multibase (which isn't about
> CIDs) and Multihash (which isn't about CIDs). It also explicitly puts
> everything out of scope as people were concerned about us taking on
> too much in the first iteration of the charter.
>

Given the widespread deployment of CID strings, this approach may not be
optimal. It seems to divide standardization and might not be backward
compatible. However, if you feel strongly about this direction, I'm open to
considering two standardization paths.


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