Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-appsawg-json-patch-08.txt> (JSON Patch) to Proposed Standard

Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> Mon, 17 December 2012 03:40 UTC

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Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-appsawg-json-patch-08.txt> (JSON Patch) to Proposed Standard
From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
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... and I just caught up with my e-mail; no worries :)


On 15/12/2012, at 5:37 AM, David J. Biesack <David.Biesack@sas.com> wrote:

> 
> I wrote previously :
> 
>> "4.1 add" bullet 3 reads (when completing the introductory sentence) 
>> 
>> ... the target location MUST reference ... 
>> o An element to add to an existing array. 
>> 
>> I think this is incorrect; the target location is the array and the "value" is the "element to add to an existing array". I suggest: 
>> 
>> ... the target location MUST reference ... 
>> o An existing array. 
> 
> but now I see my error; the examples at the bottom of the doc clarify
> the JSON-Pointer location using the form "/path/to/array/index", so the original
> wording is correct. Sorry for the noise.
> 
> djb
> -- 
> David J. Biesack | Principal API Architect, SAS | @davidbiesack | 919-531-7771 | www.sas.com
> 

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