The type of location where  it might show up is where one does a value that is 
placed in an array where it can be either an A or a B and you use the tag to 
distinguish between the two options.  This can be very useful in those cases.  



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carsten Bormann [mailto:c...@tzi.org]
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 1:32 PM
> To: Hannes Tschofenig <hannes.tschofe...@arm.com>
> Cc: Mike Jones <michael.jo...@microsoft.com>; Jim Schaad
> <i...@augustcellars.com>; ace@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [Ace] draft-ietf-ace-cbor-web-token-08 - CWT CBOR Tag
> 
> On Oct 19, 2017, at 21:30, Hannes Tschofenig
> <hannes.tschofe...@arm.com> wrote:
> >
> > For the cost  saving of one byte we are essentially introduction options
> here. I am wondering whether this byte is worth it.
> 
> Two bytes.
> 
> It’s not really an option, as in every context there will be a single right 
> way to
> do this.
> But yes, there are naked and tagged CWTs now.
> 
> (If we only define the tagged version, very quickly there will be specs that
> define a “compressed CWT” that just leaves out those first two bytes…)
> 
> Grüße, Carsten

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