Re: New versions of Multibase and Multihash published

Hi.

Is there any activity/ongoing work wrt multicodec?

BR, Alen

> On 20 Aug 2023, at 16:45, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 17:58:41 UTC