Call for Participation in AI Agent Memory Interoperability Community Group Community Group
The AI Agent Memory Interoperability Community Group Community Group has been launched:
The AI Agent Memory Interoperability Community Group exists to develop, evolve, and document an open protocol-level specification for AI agent memory that is portable across vendors, models, agent frameworks, and tool ecosystems.
The Group’s scope covers:
- Memory cell shape (encrypted unit with canonical metadata).
- Identity binding (post-quantum signature schemes, with ML-DSA-65 / NIST FIPS-204 as the primary reference).
- Encryption envelope semantics (per-cell DEK; wallet-derived KEK; rotation versioning).
- Audit anchor properties (public-chain receipts; verifiability without trusting the operator).
- Sharing contracts (temporary, permanent, syndicate; revocation semantics).
- Cryptographic erasure (DEK destruction + tombstone + content-address blacklist) aligned with GDPR Article 17.
- Crosswalks to leading regulatory frameworks (NIST AI RMF 1.0, ISO/IEC 42001:2023, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, EU AI Act 2024/1689) and protocol ecosystems (MCP, AAIF).
Out of scope:
- Specific blockchain selection (the protocol is chain-agnostic).
- Vector-database semantics (orthogonal).
- Agent runtime semantics (covered by other forums, e.g., AAIF goose project, custom frameworks).
- Tool-routing semantics (covered by MCP).
This group may publish Specifications.
In order to join the group, you will need a W3C account. Please note, however, that W3C Membership is not required to join a Community Group.
This is a community initiative. This group was originally proposed on 2026-05-18 by Russell Jackson. The following people supported its creation: Justin Avery, Eric Jahn, Russell Jackson, Scott Carroll, Dan Everett and Bo Lora. W3C’s hosting of this group does not imply endorsement of the activities.
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