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IPLD Examples

This repo contains several datastructure examples to use with IPLD, the new data format for IPFS.

These examples aim to be complete.

Contents

Experiment

Pathing Semantics

How to structure pathing and resolution through objects is a troublesome issue. You can read the IPLD spec here and read some of the arguments here.

The problem boils down to an issue introduced by the combination of link-local properties (properties on the link object itself) and transparent resolution of objects and links (using a single delimiter for traversing objects and links).

To resolve this, a number of variations have been presented:

One goal of this repo is to experiment with these and see which feels best.

Contribute

Feel free to join in. All welcome. Open an issue!

This repository falls under the IPFS Code of Conduct.

License

MIT