"Doug Ewell" <d...@ewellic.org> writes: >> Since very early in computing, operating systems have sought ways to >> mark which files could be proposed by which programs. > > The word "proposed" feels very awkward here. Maybe "opened" or > "manipulated," or some recasting of the sentence that talks about > files "belonging to" programs, or something similar.
When I first read that, I mis-read it as "processed by". I suspect that is what is intended. But ... Am I missing something? Isn't a magic number provided by RFC 8949 section 3.4.6? 3.4.6. Self-Described CBOR [...] Tag number 55799 is defined for this purpose, specifically for use at the start of a stored encoded CBOR data item as specified by an application. It does not impart any special semantics on the data item that it encloses; that is, the semantics of the tag content enclosed in tag number 55799 is exactly identical to the semantics of the tag content itself. The serialization of this tag's head is 0xd9d9f7, which does not appear to be in use as a distinguishing mark for any frequently used file types. [...] Dale _______________________________________________ COSE mailing list COSE@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/cose
