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

Yes, that is correct!

— Christopher Allen [via iPhone]

On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 5:43 AM Michael Prorock <mprorock@mesur.io> wrote:

> 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
>>
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