Re: [Cbor] [COSE] CBOR magic number, file format and tags

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Michael Richardson <[e-mail]> writes:
> That tells us that it might be CBOR.
>
> It does not distinguish a CBOR encoded certificate from a CBOR encoded
> RFC8366 artifact, for instance.

Uh, yes?  They're both CBOR, right?  It's still the magic number for
CBOR.

Do you mean to say, you want a place in CBOR to place a magic number
that describes the particular kind of CBOR structure this is?  If so,
you should make that clear right at the start of the I-D.  Indeed, in
the Abstract, though it needs other work, too.  Checking again, it looks
like you don't really lay that out until section 6, whereas I only read
it through section 5.  My mistake, but lots of other people will make it
as well.

Dale