Re: [Cbor] Managing CBOR numbers in Internet-Drafts

[Carl Wallace <[e-mail]>]

This seems like a set of practices that ought be documented like this. I have a few comments/questions/suggestions.

1) In table 1, the Key column features values that do not appear in the document. It'd likely be easier for IANA if CPA-1 were used in the definition of the title field, for example. It'd be a little more work on the spec author but would help make sure replacements are done correctly.
2) I wonder if a map is the best example. Most maps I've seen with numeric keys don't generally seek IANA assigned values. Groups seem like a better example or maybe a map that features a group that contributes keyed fields (see CoSWID) and maybe some guidance on where IANA assigned values would be useful (we don’t really want/need IANA assigned values for every field of every structure).
3) Including an example of pre and post IANA action would be useful for both spec authors and IANA.
4) Including examples of other things that generate the need for temporary numbers, like tags, would be good.
5) Do we need a indicator in addition to CPA that signifies an example must be regenerated (vs updated by IANA) for use in things like signed data?

On 2/22/23, 5:33 AM, "CBOR on behalf of Carsten Bormann" <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]> on behalf of [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:


After running into the problem again while developing another draft, I finally wrote up how I think we should handle the management of CBOR numbers while developing Internet-Drafts.


https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-bormann-cbor-draft-numbers-00 <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-bormann-cbor-draft-numbers-00>
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-bormann-cbor-draft-numbers-00.html <https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-bormann-cbor-draft-numbers-00.html> (readable)


This submission is probably too late for today’s interim, but feedback is requested!


Grüße, Carsten


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