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 * Draft-petrie-vcon-03**

** From: Network Working Group**

** Authors: D. G. Petrie (SIPez LLC), T. McCarthy-Howe (Strolid)**

** Status: Internet-Draft (Standards Track)**

** Published: 4 March 2024**

** Expires: 5 September 2024**


 * 1) Abstract

A vCon is a standardized container designed to hold and transfer data from human conversations across multiple media forms such as phone calls, video conferences, SMS, MMS, web chats, and email threads. It includes details like call metadata, participant information, actual conversational data (audio, video, text), analysis, and attachments exchanged during the conversation. The goal is to establish a common method of storage and interchange that supports privacy, security, and identity verification efforts.


 * 1) Introduction

With the proliferation of multimedia in business communications, managing the voluminous data from customer interactions across disparate systems presents significant challenges. The vCon format aims to standardize the storage, analysis, and sharing of conversational data to facilitate integration across various communication systems and platforms, enhancing the management and analysis of such data.


 * 1) vCon Composition

- **Metadata**: Extends beyond traditional call detail records to include participant identification and version history of the conversation data.

- **Dialog**: The core of vCon, representing the conversation in its original media form, whether text, audio, or video.

- **Analysis**: Derived from the dialog and metadata, includes transcripts, sentiment analysis, and other semantic evaluations.

- **Attachments**: Documents relevant to the conversation, like presentation slides or contractual documents.


 * 1) Use Cases

The versatility of vCon facilitates its use in various scenarios:

- **Legal Requirements**: For compliance with data privacy laws requiring the deletion of personal information upon request.

- **Customer Support Centers**: For managing data across different platforms and facilitating the training and monitoring of support staff.

- **Business Communications**: Standardizing conversation data containers helps in the sale of conversational datasets to third parties like sales teams or data analysis firms.


 * 1) Technical Specifications

vCon employs JSON for formatting, ensuring compatibility across different systems. It supports encryption and digital signatures to secure the data against unauthorized access and tampering. The structure includes fields for participant identity (using STIR/PASSporT), conversation timestamps, media types, and detailed metadata for comprehensive data management.


 * 1) Security and Compliance

To protect privacy and ensure data integrity, vCon supports encryption and digital signatures. It is designed to be mutable to allow for redactions or additions (e.g., appending analysis data or redacting personally identifiable information).


 * 1) Conclusion

vCon represents a significant step forward in the standardization of conversation data management, promising enhanced integration, security, and usability across various digital communication platforms.

For more details on the draft and its development:

- **Draft document**: [dgpetrie.github.io/draft-petrie-vcon/draft-petrie-vcon.html]( https://dgpetrie.github.io/draft-petrie-vcon/draft-petrie-vcon.html )

- **RFC status and updates**: [datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-petrie-vcon/]( https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-petrie-vcon/ )

- **Source and issue tracker**: [github.com/dgpetrie/draft-petrie-vcon]( https://github.com/dgpetrie/draft-petrie-vcon )

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