Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR)

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Standard
Pages: 66
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. This document obsoletes RFC 7049, providing editorial improvements, new details, and errata fixes while keeping full compatibility with the interchange format of RFC 7049. It does not create a new version of the format.
Publication Date: 2020-12-01
Status Note: Internet Standard
DOI: 10.17487/RFC8949
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8949
Author(s): Carsten Bormann
Paul E. Hoffman
Keyword(s): Parser, Decoder, Encoder, Binary Format, Data Interchange Format, JSON

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10.1109-IEEESTD.2019.8766229 — IEEE754 EXTERNAL
IEEE.STD1003.1.2018 — TIME_T EXTERNAL
ISO 9899: 2018 [Active]
ISO.14882 — Cplusplus20 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2045 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3339 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3629 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3986 [Active, Amended*]
IETF RFC 4287 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4648 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8126 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8174 [Active*]

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10.1007-978-3-642-34931-7_28 — SIPHASH_LNCS EXTERNAL
ECMA.262.202006 — ECMA-262, 11th edition specification EXTERNAL
IETF.draft-bormann-cbor-notable-tags-02 — I-D.bormann-cbor-notable-tags EXTERNAL
Various, "BSON - Binary JSON", <http://bsonspec.org/>. EXTERNAL
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Furuhashi, S., "MessagePack", <https://msgpack.org/>. EXTERNAL
IANA, "Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) Simple Values", <https://www.iana.org/assignments/cbor-simple-values>. EXTERNAL
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IETF RFC 713 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6838 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7049 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 7228 [Active*]
RFC7493 — RFC7493 EXTERNAL
RFC7991 — RFC7991 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 8259 [Active*]
RFC8610 — RFC8610 EXTERNAL
RFC8618 — RFC8618 EXTERNAL
RFC8742 — RFC8742 EXTERNAL
RFC8746 — RFC8746 EXTERNAL
T-REC-X.690.2015 — X.690 EXTERNAL

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