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Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) Tags for Date
draft-ietf-cbor-date-tag-01

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Authors Michael B. Jones , Anthony Nadalin , Joerg Richter
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draft-ietf-cbor-date-tag-01
CBOR Working Group                                              M. Jones
Internet-Draft                                                A. Nadalin
Intended status: Standards Track                               Microsoft
Expires: December 11, 2020                                    J. Richter
                                             pdv Financial Software GmbH
                                                            June 9, 2020

       Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) Tags for Date
                      draft-ietf-cbor-date-tag-01

Abstract

   The Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR, RFC 7049) 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.

   In CBOR, one point of extensibility is the definition of CBOR tags.
   RFC 7049 defines two tags for time: CBOR tag 0 (RFC 3339 date/time
   string) and tag 1 (Posix "seconds since the epoch").  Since then,
   additional requirements have become known.  This specification
   defines a CBOR tag for an RFC 3339 date text string, for applications
   needing a textual date representation without a time.  It also
   defines a CBOR tag for days since the Posix epoch, for applications
   needing a numeric date representation without a time.  It is intended
   as the reference document for the IANA registration of the CBOR tags
   defined.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Requirements Notation and Conventions . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) Tags
           Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     4.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     4.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   Document History  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5

1.  Introduction

   The Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) [RFC7049] provides
   for the interchange of structured data without a requirement for a
   pre-agreed schema.  RFC 7049 defines a basic set of data types, as
   well as a tagging mechanism that enables extending the set of data
   types supported via an IANA registry.

   This specification defines a CBOR tag for a text string representing
   a date but not a time.  The tagged text string is represented as
   specified by the RFC 3339 [RFC3339] "full-date" production.

   This specification also defines a CBOR tag for an integer
   representing a date but not a time.  The tagged integer is an
   unsigned or negative value indicating the number of days since the
   IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition [POSIX.1] epoch date 1970-01-01.  As an
   implementation note, this value has a constant offset from the
   Modified Julian Date value (which is defined by the Smithsonian

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   Astrophysical Observatory as the number of days since November 17,
   1858); this value is the Modified Julian Date minus 40,587.

1.1.  Requirements Notation and Conventions

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

2.  IANA Considerations

2.1.  Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) Tags Registrations

   This section registers the following values in the IANA "Concise
   Binary Object Representation (CBOR) Tags" registry [IANA.cbor-tags].

   o  Tag: 1004 (value requested)
   o  Data Item: UTF-8 text string
   o  Semantics: RFC 3339 full-date string
   o  Reference: [[ this specification ]]

   o  Tag: 100 (ASCII 'd') (value requested)
   o  Data Item: Unsigned or negative integer
   o  Semantics: Number of days since the epoch date 1970-01-01
   o  Reference: [[ this specification ]]

3.  Security Considerations

   The security considerations of RFC 7049 apply; the tags introduced
   here are not expected to raise security considerations beyond those.

   A date, of course, has significant security considerations; these
   include the exploitation of ambiguities where the date is security
   relevant or where the date is used in access control decisions.

4.  References

4.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

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   [RFC3339]  Klyne, G. and C. Newman, "Date and Time on the Internet:
              Timestamps", RFC 3339, DOI 10.17487/RFC3339, July 2002,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3339>.

   [RFC7049]  Bormann, C. and P. Hoffman, "Concise Binary Object
              Representation (CBOR)", RFC 7049, DOI 10.17487/RFC7049,
              October 2013, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7049>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

4.2.  Informative References

   [IANA.cbor-tags]
              IANA, "Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) Tags",
              <http://www.iana.org/assignments/cbor-tags>.

   [POSIX.1]  IEEE, "The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7",
              IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, 2013,
              <http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/
              V1_chap04.html#tag_04_15>.

Acknowledgements

   Thanks to Carsten Bormann for supporting creation of this
   specification.  Parts of the explanatory text in this specification
   come from draft-bormann-cbor-time-tag-02.

Document History

   [[ to be removed by the RFC Editor before publication as an RFC ]]

   -01

   o  Changed "positive or negative" to "unsigned or negative".

   o  Added an implementation note about the relationship to Modified
      Julian Dates.

   -00

   o  Initial working group version based on draft-jones-cbor-date-
      tag-01 with no normative changes.

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Authors' Addresses

   Michael B. Jones
   Microsoft

   Email: mbj@microsoft.com
   URI:   https://self-issued.info/

   Anthony Nadalin
   Microsoft

   Email: tonynad@microsoft.com

   Joerg Richter
   pdv Financial Software GmbH

   Email: joerg.richter@pdv-fs.de

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