- From: Wayne Chang <wyc@fastmail.fm>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 16:45:20 -0400
- To: "Manu Sporny" <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>, "W3C Credentials CG" <public-credentials@w3.org>
Manu, could you please elaborate on your concerns about calling certain code a "reference implementation"? What drawbacks are there, and what else could we call it? "Example implementation"? "Conforming implementation"? On Wed, Jun 24, 2020, at 4:26 PM, Manu Sporny wrote: > On 6/24/20 3:31 PM, Orie Steele wrote: > > We're looking for additional organizations to co-edit / sponsor the > > development of the specification in the W3C CCG. > > Digital Bazaar is supportive of this specification and hosting it in the > W3C CCG. > > We have no strong opinion on hosting an implementation at DIF as long as > doing so wouldn't create IPR issues that would restrict anyone from > contributing to the work. We continue to be skeptical of calling it a > "reference implementation". > > While we do not have the spare cycles to be a co-editor on the > specification, we do expect to be heavily involved in discussion related > to the specification as we expect that the outcome will have a direct > impact on our product offerings. > > Finally, thank you to Orie, Margo, and Guillaume from Transmute for > putting this together and kicking off the work. It's a critical piece > that the industry will need in order to interoperate at the application > layer. > > -- manu > > -- > Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/ > Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. > blog: Veres One Decentralized Identifier Blockchain Launches > https://tinyurl.com/veres-one-launches > >
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