I have reviewed this version of the CBOR draft, and am fully supportive of this as a proposed standard. For IoT applications over CoAP and other protocols, there is a clear need for a standard binary object representation with a straightforward mapping to JSON that is suitable for constrained devices and networks. This is it. I have not yet implemented CBOR, but plan to do so for use with several commercial CoAP implementations. Furthermore, JSON based formats used in this field such as SenML, or standards from other SDOs like OMA Lightweight M2M that use JSON, will clearly benefit from standardising CBOR. I found the document to be well written and concise. Zach Shelby On Jul 16, 2013, at 9:58 PM, The IESG <iesg-secretary@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider > the following document: > - 'Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR)' > <draft-bormann-cbor-04.txt> as Proposed Standard > > The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits > final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the > ietf@xxxxxxxx mailing lists by 2013-08-13. Exceptionally, comments may be > sent to iesg@xxxxxxxx instead. In either case, please retain the > beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. > > Abstract > > > The Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) is a data format > whose design goals include the possibility of extremely small code > size, fairly small message size, and extensibility without the need > for version negotiation. These design goals make it different from > earlier binary serializations such as ASN.1 and MessagePack. > > > > > The file can be obtained via > http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-bormann-cbor/ > > IESG discussion can be tracked via > http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-bormann-cbor/ballot/ > > > No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D. > > -- Zach Shelby, Chief Nerd, Sensinode Ltd. http://www.sensinode.com @SensinodeIoT Mobile: +358 40 7796297 Twitter: @zach_shelby LinkedIn: http://fi.linkedin.com/in/zachshelby 6LoWPAN Book: http://6lowpan.net