[Multiformats] Welcome to Multiformats; the near-term plan

Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> Mon, 10 April 2023 14:44 UTC

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Subject: [Multiformats] Welcome to Multiformats; the near-term plan
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Hi all,

Welcome to the Multiformats group at IETF. At present, this group is
merely a discussion group that is focused on answering the following
question:

Should Multibase and Multihash be taken through the Independent
Submission Editor process at IETF (effectively, just publishing the
specifications and setting up the appropriate registries):

https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/ise/about/

or, should a mini-Working Group be created for the documents such that
we get review feedback from the IETF and possibly make some changes to
the specifications before they're published as RFCs?

The next step is going to be answering some of the questions that were
raised during the dispatch presentation at IETF 116. The recording of
that presentation can be found here:

https://youtu.be/-p_dh067PzA?t=419

The presentation deck is here:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WjKoxB-fxkPpaXB4kUu8IsTwQ4qXFmka1ocwEVEeBpk/edit#

The next couple of emails to the mailing list will attempt to answer
the questions and concerns raised during the IETF 116 presentation.

-- manu

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