Subject: [Cose] Recap: Identification of the top level objects

From: "Jim Schaad" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 10:15:54 -0700

Question:  Identification of objects:
a)  CBOR Tag - either general or specific to each type
b)  Required Identifier
c)  Use the same techniques as JOSE

There was no support for option C.
There was support for Option B
There was some support for Option A, but only if it was optional.

Mike Jones suggested that we should use the header parameter 'typ', I
responded to this message saying that it was not clear that this was a
correct use of the field based on the description in the JWS document.  At
this point I will keep the field as mandatory and outside of the headers
field.

I am planning on doing the IANA request for a CBOR Tag and to keep the tag
as being optional in the grammar and text.

Jim