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

Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> Sun, 20 August 2023 14:57 UTC

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Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 16:57:21 +0200
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Subject: Re: [Multiformats] New versions of Multibase and Multihash published
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ne 20. 8. 2023 v 16:46 odesílatel Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
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> Hi IETF Multiformats group (bcc: W3C Credentials CG),
>
> New versions of Multibase and Multihash have been published:
>
> https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-multiformats-multibase-08.html
> https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-multiformats-multihash-07.html
>
> Changes in Multibase include:
>
> * reducing the IANA registry table to only include permanent entries
> (previous tables included draft Multibase values).
>
> Changes to Multihash include:
>
> * adding a reference to the unsigned varint definition (referencing
> the 1993 DWARF binary format specification! -- thanks JuanC!).
> * reducing the IANA registry table to only include permanent entries
> (previous tables included draft Multibase values).
>

Couple of questions:

Is it back compat (ie using the same string of characters) with the widely
used CID format?

Can I turn a CID into a URI and what would that look like?

mh://<cid>

ni://mh/<cid>

Something like this?


>
> These are fairly minor changes given that both of these specs have
> been stable for a long while now. Feedback on what you think about the
> reduction of the IANA registry table to only include permanent entries
> would be appreciated.
>
> We're prepping these documents for an upcoming IETF Multiformats
> Working Group, whose charter is currently under review by the IESG:
>
> https://github.com/msporny/charter-ietf-multiformats/blob/main/README.md
>
> If that charter is approved, we expect both of these documents to go
> standards-track at IETF.
>
> -- manu
>
> --
> Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/
> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
> https://www.digitalbazaar.com/
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