Re: [jose] #20: Shorter names for JSON serialization

I would be againist calling the authentication_tag mac.  I don't object to
something like AuthTag.  It is not necessarily a MAC in all cases so calling
it one make thing problematical - much like calling a mac a sig.

Jim

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> Subject: [jose] #20: Shorter names for JSON serialization
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> #20: Shorter names for JSON serialization
> 
>  I noticed as I was doing some programming with the JSON syntax for
JWE/JWS
> that the current field names in the JSON format are unnecessarily
> cumbersome.  Nobody in the real world names a variable
>  "initialization_vector", it's "iv".   Proposed changes:
> 
>  || OLD                     || NEW  ||
>  || signatures              || sigs ||
>  || signature               || sig  ||
>  || payload                 || data ||
>  || recipients              || keys ||
>  || ciphertext              || data ||
>  || initialization_vector   || iv   ||
>  || authentication_tag      || mac  ||
> 
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>  Reporter:  rlb@ipv.sx   |      Owner:  draft-ietf-jose-json-web-
>      Type:  defect       |  encryption@tools.ietf.org
>  Priority:  minor        |     Status:  new
> Component:  json-web-    |  Milestone:
>   encryption             |    Version:
>  Severity:  -            |   Keywords:
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> Ticket URL: <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/jose/trac/ticket/20>
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