The type of location where it might show up is where one does a value that is placed in an array where it can be either an A or a B and you use the tag to distinguish between the two options. This can be very useful in those cases.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Carsten Bormann [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 1:32 PM > To: Hannes Tschofenig <[email protected]> > Cc: Mike Jones <[email protected]>; Jim Schaad > <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ace] draft-ietf-ace-cbor-web-token-08 - CWT CBOR Tag > > On Oct 19, 2017, at 21:30, Hannes Tschofenig > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > For the cost saving of one byte we are essentially introduction options > here. I am wondering whether this byte is worth it. > > Two bytes. > > It’s not really an option, as in every context there will be a single right > way to > do this. > But yes, there are naked and tagged CWTs now. > > (If we only define the tagged version, very quickly there will be specs that > define a “compressed CWT” that just leaves out those first two bytes…) > > Grüße, Carsten _______________________________________________ Ace mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ace
