Purpose

The Technical WG oversees development and maintenance of specifications, software, and servers that support infrastructure for ARKs-in-the-Open community. Examples include ARK standardization, code for counting ARKs, and global resolver replication.

A short 2-3 sentence description of why the working group has been formed and what it will accomplish for the project.

Objectives

1. Standardization. Review the ARK specification so that the authors, who are WG members, can finalize it and submit it to the IETF for publication as an Internet RFC.

2. NAAN procedures. Adapt current CDL procedures for updating NAANs and registering new NAANs so that these maintenance activities can be shared by the community, eg, on github. (The NAAN registry that CDL currently maintains is a text file of globally unique 5-digit Name Assigning Authority Numbers (NAANs) reserved for organizations that wish to assign ARKs.)

3. Counting ARKs. Work with the Outreach Working Group to implement mechanisms to measure ARK usage world-wide.

Deliverables

• Kickoff: clarify objectives and assign roles for (a) standardization and (b) NAAN procedures designers; spec authors articulate areas they think are problematic

• Months 1-5: several rounds of review, feedback, and revision for (a) and (b), including public review via the arks-forum list; expect also interaction with the Outreach WG when they send requirements for (c) the “counting ARKs” project, for which design and prototyping then begins

• Month 6: ARK spec submitted to IETF; NAAN procedures are piloted; counting ARKs prototype is tested

• Months 7-12: further refinements to procedures; ask Outreach Working Group to identify more orgs with ARKs to be counted; deal with inevitable spec feedback from the IETF

• Month 11: production-ready procedures in place; production-ready ARK counting is in place

• Month 12: updated WG objectives and deliverables for the coming year, with an accordingly updated overall AITO roadmap

Resources

• Current ARK spec: http://n2t.net/e/arkspec.txt

• Current NAAN registry: http://www.cdlib.org/services/uc3/naan_registry.txt

• Global ARK (and other identifiers) resolver: https://n2t.net

• Notes from the Experts Day at the March 2018 ARK Summit, with discussions of surveys, ARK spec changes, counting ARKs, sustainability, etc: https://wiki.duraspace.org/download/attachments/90979116/ARK_experts_day.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1544062862554&api=v2

• Roadmap: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WeN9hsmOJrA3w4tmy4vsXYF_eo4qRfQ14AaWbPOkn_c/edit?usp=sharing

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Working Group Members

Initial proposed members:

• John Kunze (AG Liaison), CDL

• Emmanuelle Bermès, BnF

• Bertrand Caron, BnF

• Sheila Morrissey, Portico

• Tom Creighton, Family Search
• Greg Janee, UC Santa Barbara
• Curtis Mirci, University of Utah
• Adrien Di Mascio, Toucan Toco
• Mark Phillips, University of North Texas
• Cillian Joy, National University of Ireland, Galway
• Roxana Maurer, National Library of Luxembourg

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Meeting Times

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Communication Channels

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Agendas and Notes