types.rst

.. _types:

TLV-TYPE number assignment
--------------------------

+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| Type                                        | Assigned number  | Assigned number |
|                                             | (decimal)        | (hexadecimal)   |
+=============================================+==================+=================+
|                      **Packet types**                                            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| Interest                                    | 5                | 0x05            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| Data                                        | 6                | 0x06            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
|                      **Common fields**                                           |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| Name                                        | 7                | 0x07            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| GenericNameComponent                        | 8                | 0x08            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| ImplicitSha256DigestComponent               | 1                | 0x01            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
|                     **Interest packet**                                          |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| Selectors                                   | 9                | 0x09            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| Nonce                                       | 10               | 0x0a            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| InterestLifetime                            | 12               | 0x0c            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| ForwardingHint                              | 30               | 0x1e            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
|                   **Interest/Selectors**                                         |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| MinSuffixComponents                         | 13               | 0x0d            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| MaxSuffixComponents                         | 14               | 0x0e            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| PublisherPublicKeyLocator                   | 15               | 0x0f            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| Exclude                                     | 16               | 0x10            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| ChildSelector                               | 17               | 0x11            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| MustBeFresh                                 | 18               | 0x12            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| Any                                         | 19               | 0x13            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
|                      **Data packet**                                             |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| MetaInfo                                    | 20               | 0x14            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| Content                                     | 21               | 0x15            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| SignatureInfo                               | 22               | 0x16            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| SignatureValue                              | 23               | 0x17            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
|                      **Data/MetaInfo**                                           |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| ContentType                                 | 24               | 0x18            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| FreshnessPeriod                             | 25               | 0x19            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| FinalBlockId                                | 26               | 0x1a            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
|                     **Data/Signature**                                           |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| SignatureType                               | 27               | 0x1b            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| KeyLocator                                  | 28               | 0x1c            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| KeyDigest                                   | 29               | 0x1d            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
|                     **Link Object**                                              |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| Delegation                                  | 31               | 0x1f            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| Preference                                  | 30               | 0x1e            |
+---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+

.. _type reservations:

TLV-TYPE number reservations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Number range   | Designation                                               |
+================+===========================================================+
| 0, 2-4, 32-79  | Reserved for future assignments (1-byte encoding)         |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| 11             | Reserved, formerly `Scope`                                |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| 32             | Reserved, formerly `SelectedDelegation`                   |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| 80-100         | Reserved for assignments related to local link data       |
|                | processing, e.g., `NDNLP`_, etc. (1-byte encoding)        |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| 101-127        | Reserved for assignments related to forwarding daemon     |
|                | (1-byte encoding)                                         |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| 128-252        | For application use (1-byte encoding)                     |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| 800-1000       | Reserved for assignments related to local link data       |
|                | processing, e.g., `NDNLP`_, etc. (3-byte encoding)        |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| 253-799,       | Reserved for future assignments (3-byte encoding)         |
| 1001-32767     |                                                           |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| >32767         | For application use (3+-byte encoding)                    |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+

.. _NDNLP: https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/NDNLPv2