> On Apr 29, 2019, at 12:05 PM, Benjamin Kaduk <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 12:03:57PM -0400, Felipe Gasper wrote:
>>
>>> On Apr 29, 2019, at 12:00 PM, Benjamin Kaduk <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 08:55:53AM -0700, RFC Errata System wrote:
>>>> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC8392,
>>>> "CBOR Web Token (CWT)".
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------
>>>> You may review the report below and at:
>>>> http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5710
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------
>>>> Type: Technical
>>>> Reported by: Felipe Gasper <[email protected]>
>>>>
>>>> Section: 1.1
>>>>
>>>> Original Text
>>>> -------------
>>>> In JSON, maps are called objects and only have one kind of map key: a
>>>> string. CBOR uses strings, negative integers, and unsigned integers
>>>> as map keys.
>>>>
>>>> Corrected Text
>>>> --------------
>>>> In JSON, maps are called objects and only have one kind of map key:
>>>> a string. CBOR allows other data types, such as strings, negative
>>>> integers, and unsigned integers, as map keys.
>>>>
>>>> Notes
>>>> -----
>>>> The text as it stands risks an interpretation that CBOR limits map keys to
>>>> integers and strings; per discussion on the CBOR mailing list, this is not
>>>> the case.
>>>
>>> I see the CBOR list traffic in the archive (e.g.,
>>> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/cbor/LyndIfQipxUfx0cu6nlOwi6ceOY) and
>>> agree with the sentiment that the CWT spec should not inadvertently
>>> over-specify the behavior of CBOR
>>>
>>> The proposed new text is itself flawed, though, as it claims that strings
>>> are an "other data type" with respect to strings.
>>
>> Ah, agreed. Is there a way I can update my proposed phrase? The editor only
>> seems to allow submission of a new erratum.
>
> I can edit the "corrected text" field during the verification process...
>
>> It may be worth disambiguating between binary and UTF-8 strings, too; JSON
>> only allows UTF-8 strings, while CBOR also allows binary.
>
> ...so we can figure out the right phrasing here on the list, and then I'll
> fix things up in the system.
So maybe something like:
-----
In JSON, maps are called objects and only have one kind of key:
a UTF-8 string. In CBOR, any valid CBOR item can be a map key.
CWT uses signed and unsigned integers, in addition to UTF-8 strings,
as map keys.
-----
-F
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