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Re: [Cbor] tags for non-CBOR Content-Formats (was Re: I-D Action: draft-ietf-cbor-file-magic-07.txt)

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Thu, 16 December 2021 16:54 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Cbor] tags for non-CBOR Content-Formats (was Re: I-D Action: draft-ietf-cbor-file-magic-07.txt)
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Hi Ira,

> On 2021-12-16, at 03:16, Ira McDonald <blueroofmusic@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Just a thought.  What about "CBXX" (for CBOR wrapped external data)?

There are many strings starting with C we could use (even ones with c).

I still would like to stick with “CBOR", as I wrote:

>> I thought about that, but the tag should be the determining factor; keeping the information in two places invites mismatches.

Grüße, Carsten

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