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Yeah, protobuf requires that both parties agree on a schema whereas CBOR is self-describing like XML or JSON.



CBOR also has a schema format, but yes, it's typically used schemaless.


I hadn't heard of this, so I had to look it up: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8610




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