Re: ASN.1 Encoding/Decoding Compatability

On 12/04/2015 03:31 PM, Ryan Sleevi wrote:
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> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Harry Halpin <hhalpin@w3.org
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>     Glad we are not asking the key libraries to do work for WebCrypto.
>     However, while I agree that the browser code does the required
>     changes to the key formats, do we have agreement and a timeframe
>     from any implementer? 
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> That's exactly the question this thread is trying to find out from
> other UAs.

And unless we get an answer back by end of next week, I would assume the
answer is "it's not a high priority for us in the next few months" so I
would say, given that we do support JWK, as you pointed out we would
just keep "JWK" in the spec, and add back in spki and pkcs when the code
is fixed in a revised CR.
 
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>     If not, we could then chose the option of just supporting JWK and
>     put fixing this is the next revised CR.
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> That's exactly the question this thread is trying to find out from
> other UAs.
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>     We cannot delay PR by more than a month or so, there is already
>     complaints from the Advisory Committee that we have not reached
>     Rec. yet and there would be problems getting a 'maintenance mode'
>     charter through without reaching Rec. first.
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