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9. CBOR Encoding Restrictions

  1. CBOR Encoding Restrictions

This document limits the restrictions it imposes on how the CBOR Encoder needs to work. The new encoding restrictions are aligned with the Core Deterministic Encoding Requirements specified in Section 4.2.1 of RFC 8949 [STD94]. It has been narrowed down to the following restrictions:

  • The restriction applies to the encoding of the Sig_structure, the Enc_structure, and the MAC_structure.

  • Encoding MUST be done using definite lengths, and the length of the (encoded) argument MUST be the minimum possible length. This means that the integer 1 is encoded as "0x01" and not "0x1801".

  • Applications MUST NOT generate messages with the same label used twice as a key in a single map. Applications MUST NOT parse and process messages with the same label used twice as a key in a single map. Applications can enforce the parse-and-process requirement by using parsers that will fail the parse step or by using parsers that will pass all keys to the application, and the application can perform the check for duplicate keys.

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