[jmspring]

Prior thread -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6632576

Not sure why yet another binary encoding method is needed (per editor comments on the original ietf mailing list).

[eeadc]

Inofficially CBOR was designed as a protocol base for CoRE-related protocols. CoRE stands for Constrained RESTful Environments and is an alternative for HTTP in restricted environments like micro controllers. See also https://ietf.org/wg/core/charter/