#103: Rename "alg" to avoid future collision problems

Comment (by [email protected]):

 Renaming "alg" to "int" would be a breaking change for every JWS and every
 JWT, with no commensurate benefit.

 The premise of this pre-supposes reopening the already (twice!) decided
 issue #2 (No key management for MAC).  Given that the working group has
 already decided not to do this, it should be up to those proposing this as
 future work to propose syntax for this new feature at that time in a way
 that doesn't break what already exists.  We certainly shouldn't make
 breaking changes now for an eventuality that may never occur.

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 Reporter:               |       Owner:  draft-ietf-jose-json-web-
  [email protected] |  [email protected]
     Type:  defect       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  major        |   Milestone:
Component:  json-web-    |     Version:
  signature              |  Resolution:
 Severity:  -            |
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/jose/trac/ticket/103#comment:1>
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