File data meta gzip generic #8
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ryanxcharles
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Jan 28, 2019
so i get credit in the commit history
fix my own name
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can you merge this so we can start issuing new PRs? i have a new protocol to add and i think it would be best to merge against the main repo instead of against your PR. |
kyuupichan
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Feb 4, 2019
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| The protocol identfier is a `PUSHDATA` data element `0x04 0x6d657461` which is the 1 byte length prefix followed by the 4 byte identifier which translates to the ASCII string `meta`. | ||
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| This should be followed by a further `PUSHDATA` data element: `<metadate>` which is a a JSON encoded set of the key value pairs. The key value pairs remain unspecified. |
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Typos: "metadate", "a a". Should be mentioned the data is UTF-8 encoded?
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updated from pr # 5
Generic 'file' protocol based on Ryan X Charles' proposal.
Generic 'data' protocol
'meta' protocol for marking up other protocols with JSON meta data
'gzip' protocol for compressing data elements in any other data element based protocol.