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Re:FlexBuffers by throw0101a on Saturday June 20, 2020 @10:20PM (#23589204)
So in this/your view, Protobuf and CBOR would be used in different scenarios?
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Re:FlexBuffers by ChristianBundy on Saturday June 20, 2020 @10:27PM (#23589237)
Yeah, protobuf requires that both parties agree on a schema whereas CBOR is self-describing like XML or JSON.
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Re:FlexBuffers by JoshTriplett on Saturday June 20, 2020 @11:36PM (#23589543)
CBOR also has a schema format, but yes, it's typically used schemaless.
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Re:FlexBuffers by boardwaalk on Sunday June 21, 2020 @02:40AM (#23590330)
I hadn't heard of this, so I had to look it up: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8610
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