2019-05-20 Technical WG Agenda and Notes

Date

20 May 2019

General Comments

We will begin discussion on these today, but given regrets, will not rush to vote on these
Sustainability Group working on survey to find what potential supporters would prioritize, and what support they would be able to give;
John has been updating FAQ, Bertrand has been translating; Roxana raised question as to when FAQ should reflect suggested changes in draft? Since WG has not finished reviewing/approving changes, perhaps not now, but when we change draft, should change FAQ to match.
Greg raised question of outreach on (all) WG activities; should we suggest quarterly summary from each WG for Outreach WG to send out?
Move through draft
- new co-author
- some boilerplate changes
- new domain name arks.org as ARK Maintenance agency; what we expect to see there
- More labels added for ARK anatomy
  - Core Immutable Identity (everything but the resolver service)
  - Resolver service
  - Base object name
- Clarify difference between resolver service and name
- Perhaps consider version syntax and inflections under larger heading of eg. REST API;
- Also helpful (FAQ, technical note) on URLs changing (conversion path, update path) what should happen with older version- 302? Other?

Time	Item	Who	Notes
	remove #, add ~
	ark:/ becomes ark:[/]		(in many places) / now optional Do we need some sort of guidance/advice on "accepting" / while transitioning; Tom raises general question of content negotiation: should we indicate version of arks we are transmitting in syntax, rather than depend on content negotiation Greg: should we call this deprecated, or indicate old form transitional and indicate how to transition - John we have to make explicit support for older form, look for correct language on this Minters SHOULD not use slash; Resolvers MUST handle /
	"resolvers to check for inflections before normalizing"
	more flexible NAAN
	'?' inflection explicitly includes possibility of HTML with embedded metadata
	Max length restriction removed
	Extra: new co-author and IETF boilerplate changes
	Extra: new anatomical definitions -- Resolver Service, Base Object Name, Core Immutable Identity
	Extra: mention arks.org as Maintenance Agency (not AITO)
	New proposed change: "http:" to become "https:"		Reflects change in boilerplate; but also think good idea for arks: AGREED
	New proposed change: NMAH to be renamed NMA (simpler to teach about while still allowing a port designation)
	Discuss: what about making '?' the same as '??' for easier implementation		Possibly related to issue of resolving version