RFC 8610

Concise Data Definition Language (CDDL): A Notational Convention to Express CBOR and JSON Data Structures

RFC	8610
Title	Concise Data Definition Language (CDDL)
Published	June 2019
Status	Standards Track
Authors	H. Birkholz, C. Vigano, C. Bormann

Abstract

This document proposes a notational convention to express Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) data structures (RFC 7049). Its main goal is to provide an easy and unambiguous way to express structures for protocol messages and data formats that use CBOR or JSON.

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Style of Data Structure Specification
• 3. Syntax
• 4. Making Use of CDDL
• 5. Security Considerations
• 6. IANA Considerations
• 7. References
• Appendices