New versions of Multibase and Multihash published

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).

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/

Received on Sunday, 20 August 2023 14:46:35 UTC