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Re: [Json] I-D Action: draft-ietf-json-i-json-01.txt

John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org> Tue, 17 June 2014 19:30 UTC

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Tim Bray scripsit:

> > s2.2, "For applications such as cryptography, where exact interchange of
> > much larger numbers is required, it is RECOMMENDED to encode them in JSON
> > string values", I suggest adding some guidance on encoding if we have a
> > quick consensus on decimal|hex|base64url|etc.  Otherwise leaving it as-is
> > works.  Note that JOSE chose base64url for good reason.
> 
> Not sure I get this... for big numbers, it’s just digits, right?

Yes, but digits of what base?  Decimal, ça va sans dire; but it goes
even better when it is said.

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