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Register IPFS and IPNS codecs #282

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Previously, peers where described by /ipfs/<peerId>. This was replaced by /p2p/<peerId>, because that was a better name. Now, content is described by /ipfs/<cid> and /ipns/<cid>, but those were not defined in the Multicodec table.

This pull request will add ipfs and ipns to the Multicodec table and will remove the old ipfs used for describing peers. Hopefully, we also can get this definitions permanent.

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These are already registered as "namespaces".

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See: ipfs-ns, ipld-ns, ipns-ns (0xe3, 0xe2, 0xe5).

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There are raising multiple questions:

  • What is a namespace in the Multformat world? Where is it defined and specified?
  • Why the suffix -ns?
  • If you go with ipfs-ns, ipns-ns and ipld-ns, how to use it? Is it like this? /ipfs-ns/<cid>.

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