Re: Side Meeting at IETF 117, Monday 15:30-17:00, on Elision Problem Statement & Gordian Envelope

Thanks Christopher!

I am going to try and be there.  I believe that is scheduled for just
before the main cbor meeting, is that correct?

Mike Prorock
CTO - mesur.io

On Thu, Jul 13, 2023, 20:42 Christopher Allen <
ChristopherA@lifewithalacrity.com> wrote:

> W3C Credential Community:
>
> Shigeya Suzuki, Wolf McNally, and I will be holding a public IETF Side
> Meeting on Monday, July 24, during IETF 117 in San Francisco, to discuss
> drafting a Problem Statement and Areas of Work for hash-based elision and
> our current Gordian Envelope Internet-Draft. If you're near SF and
> interested in our new privacy-focused data format, we'd love to have you
> participate. As I understand it, you don't have to be registered for IETF
> 117 to join us for a Side Meeting.
>
> * Gordian Envelope (& dCBOR)
>    * Monday July 24th, 15:30-17:00
>    * IETF 117, Golden Gate 4 Room (seats 16)
>
> Gordian Envelope is a structured format that allows for the hierarchical
> formatting of data in a privacy-focused way. It does so by using hash-based
> elision: even after data is removed, its hash remains, allowing signatures
> and proofs to remain valid. The elision is entirely holder-based. This is
> vitally important for use cases such as credentials or records because it
> allows the subject to decide what they share while not impinging on the
> validity of those credentials.
>
> The Internet-Draft on Gordian Envelope is available here:
>
> * https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-mcnally-envelope/
>
> After our initial presentation at IETF 116, we were advised to prepare a
> preliminary Problem Statement and Areas of Work, which we have a start on
> at:
>
> * https://hackmd.io/GqY8eZtMQQygjuAn3aj1Ow
>
> We have not yet submitted this draft to the IETF as an Internet Draft, as
> we'd like to better understand the needs of the community for
> privacy-focused data, and if IETF is the appropriate standards venue.
>
> We expect there may also be some discussion of dCBOR (Deterministic CBOR),
> since that’s the foundation of Gordian Envelope, but the higher-level spec
> will be the main focus of the meeting.
>
> If you have any additional questions, let me know!
>
> Hope to see you there!
>
> -- Christopher Allen
>     Blockchain Commons
>