The question I want an answer to is whether this is going to be the only standard for a binary version of JSON allowed.
I have an alternative proposal which is designed to be compatible with JSON so that existing encoder and decoder implementations can be used and so that a single decoder can handle the binary features as a superset of the existing JSON specification.
What is the process here?
So far I have been led to believe that this is a personal submission that is not going to be the last chance we get to discuss this in IETF. Now I see it being a proposed standard. And I am pretty sure that people are going to be telling other people that this is the agreed IETF standard that we all have to use because it is what was decided.
There are existing specs that does what CBOR does just as well that have actual users. There are requirements that the individuals proposing this chose not to address.
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 3:58 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
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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.
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