The integer type is a whole number. DAG-CBOR encodes integers distinctly from floats. It is a primitive of the data model. Its formal schema is attached as the schemaDefinition in this document's metadata, so the app can show it and create values of this type.

See also

float: floating-point numbers.

timestamp: Unix milliseconds, stored as an integer.

value: the scalar values an attribute can hold.

Data model: all the kinds.