Re: Data Integrity EdDSA Cryptosuites v1.0 Candidate Recommendation Snapshot ready for consideration

> On 5 Sep 2023, at 16:01, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 9:13 AM Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> wrote:
>> I believe we should at least sync the list of documents that seem ready to go (DI and the two cryptosuites) with the VDM spec. It just looks funny if the DI spec goes to CR with the VCDM staying behind…
> 
> Well, the VCDM has a few remaining issues that might be quick to
> address... or might drag out. The most recent thing is the i18n
> conversation:
> 
> https://github.com/w3c/vc-data-model/issues/1264
> 
> ... and we have 22 issues for VCDM, where some of them might turn contentious:
> 
> https://github.com/w3c/vc-data-model/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Abefore-CR
> 
> We're in a holding pattern now w/ DI... we want to tell implementers
> to start implementing against the spec and the test suites, but we
> don't want to do that until we go into CR with the specs... so, if we
> delay, we lose a month to turning the crank for CR... and then
> possibly another month or two waiting on VCDM. I'll still suggest that
> waiting in that way is not necessary, we don't need to couple going to
> CR with these specs together and it'll benefit all of the specs by not
> doing so.
> 
> IOW, I think it's easy to explain why DI is going first -- it's
> ready... and we expect VCDM to follow 1-3 months after, so they're not
> so far apart that folks should be concerned... and we can explain that
> in the SoTD if it would help?
> 
>> I agree that the status list and the jose-cose documents can go with their own pace.
> 
> +1
> 
> Thoughts on the above, Ivan?

Let us see where we get at TPAC. I do not see any reason to decide right now, we would not publish the CR-s before the end of the month anyway (see my separate notes on the timing).

Ivan


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