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by zzo38computer 245 days ago
> The "tag" of the data doesn't actually tell you the type of the data by itself (most of the time at least)

In my experience it does tell you the type, but it depends on the schema. If implicit types are used, then it won't tell you the type of the data, but if you use explicit, or if it is neither implicit nor explicit, then it does tell you the type of the data. (However, if the data type is a sequence, then you might not lose much by using an implicit type; the DER format still tells you that it is constructed rather than primitive.)