[Gen-art] Genart last call review of draft-ietf-jsonpath-base-17

[Linda Dunbar via Datatracker <[e-mail]>]

Reviewer: Linda Dunbar
Review result: Not Ready

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Document: draft-ietf-jsonpath-base-17
Reviewer: Linda Dunbar
Review Date: 2023-08-10
IETF LC End Date: 2023-08-09
IESG Telechat date: Not scheduled for a telechat

Summary:

The document specifies a method to parse the JSON objects to get values and
specifies the syntax to retrieve a list of values. The document reads well.
However, like any software programs, errors can be encountered at run time even
after careful review.

Major issues:
The major issue is that this document should not be “Standard Track” because:
1.      Existing parsers for JSON data don’t need to change to comply with the
syntax specified in this document. 2.      Like SQL, this document specified
syntax may change as more ways being developed by implementers to parse the
JSON objects. 3.      It is not clear why IANA registration is needed.

Minor issues:

Nits/editorial comments:

Thanks, Linda Dunbar