Re: [Cbor] File extension for cbor sequences

"Paul Hoffman" <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Wed, 25 September 2019 13:49 UTC

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To: Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org>
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Subject: Re: [Cbor] File extension for cbor sequences
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On 25 Sep 2019, at 6:15, Carsten Bormann wrote:

> This is now actually the last thing missing before I can declare that 
> all IESG comments have been addressed.
>
> RFC 7049 defines .cbor as the file extension for single encoded CBOR 
> data items.
>
> draft-ietf-cbor-sequence doesn’t define one, because it copied that 
> RFC 7464 (JSON Text Sequences) doesn’t define one, not because of 
> some actual thinking about the question.
>
> Do we want to go for .cborseq?  Better ideas?  Probably not .csq (*)?  
> Since this is bike-shedding, I’d like to timebox this decision (to 
> today?).

Preference: don't give one, just like JSON sequences.

--Paul Hoffman