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Explain ai= short notation #33

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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion draft-ietf-cbor-edn-literals.md
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Expand Up @@ -606,7 +606,10 @@ Encoding Indicator:
Encoding Indicator.

Description:
: a brief description
: a brief description.
This description may employ an abbreviation of the form `ai=`nn,
where nn is the numeric value of the field _additional information_, the
low-order 5 bits of the initial byte (see {{Section 3 of RFC8949@-cbor}}).

Change Controller:
: (see {{Section 2.3 of RFC8126@-ianacons}})
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -804,6 +807,11 @@ The following additional items should help in the interpretation:
5.13.4 of {{Cplusplus}}; floating-suffix/floating-point-suffix from
the latter two is not used here).
* `spec` stands for an encoding indicator.

(In the following, an abbreviation of the form `ai=`nn gives nn as
the numeric value of the field _additional information_, the low-order 5
bits of the initial byte: see {{Section 3 of RFC8949@-cbor}}.)

As per {{Section 8.1 of RFC8949@-cbor}}:

* an underscore `_` on its own stands
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