Re: [media-types] Review requested for draft-bormann-cbor-04

[Bjoern Hoehrmann <[e-mail]>]

* John R Levine wrote:
>draft-bormann-cbor-04 describes a new binary structured data format called 
>Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR), and proposes a media type for 
>it.  The media type info in the draft is:
>
>7.3.  Media Type ("MIME Type")
>
>    The Internet media type [RFC6838] for CBOR data is application/cbor.
>
>    Type name: application
>
>    Subtype name: cbor
>
>    Required parameters: n/a
>
>    Optional parameters: n/a
>
>    Encoding considerations:  none; CBOR is a binary format

Then it's 'binary', not 'none'.

>    Security considerations:  Same as for the base document

This could use an additional sentence explaining why there is and what
is a "base document" in this context, and why the higher-level format
does not introduce any new security considerations.

>    Applications that use this media type:  None yet, but it is expected
>       that this format will be deployed in many protocols and
>       applications.

This should provide more contextual detail than "many". Is there a
particular kind of application that would use it, like backup and
archival software or 3d modeling applications or Office programs?

>    Additional information:
>      Magic number(s): n/a
>      File extension(s): .cbor
>      Macintosh file type code(s): n/a
>
>    Person & email address to contact for further information:
>      Carsten Bormann
>      [e-mail]

The typical rendering is more like `Carsten Bormann <[e-mail]>`.

>    Author:
>      Carsten Bormann
>      [e-mail]
>
>    Change controller:
>      Carsten Bormann
>      [e-mail]

Making Carsten Bormann the change controller requires some rationale,
including where RFC 6838 allows that, especially considering that the
draft-bormann-cbor-04 document appears to be "Standards Track".
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