Re: [Json] binary data in I-JSON

Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> Mon, 21 July 2014 20:04 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Json] binary data in I-JSON
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I vote for "compatibly".
On Jul 21, 2014 12:49 PM, "Carsten Bormann" <cabo@tzi.org> wrote:

> For this usage, base64 and base64url are exactly equivalent.
> For other usages, base64url has advantages.
>
> If you pick one, it has to be base64url.
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> Of course, then you get problems with the base64 legacy.
> You can’t win this one.  Do it right or do it compatibly.
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> Grüße, Carsten
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