[Json] Re: Proposal for use of JSON Text vs JSON Document in JSON Schema

[Rob Sayre <[e-mail]>]

Nope, they always want the source locations too. :)

So, I'll respectfully disagree.

thanks,
Rob


On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 4:46 PM Martin J. Dürst <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> Hello Rob, Lisa, others,
>
> On 2026-05-19 07:31, Rob Sayre wrote:
> > On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 3:21 PM Lisa Dusseault <[e-mail]
> >
> > wrote:
>
> > Also, whenever someone says "Abstract Syntax Tree", they almost always
> mean
> > "Concrete Syntax Tree" or just "parse tree".
>
> I think this depends on the values of 'someone/they' and the
> interpretation of 'almost always'.
>
> However, in our context (data models), it would be a mistake to use
> "Concrete Syntax Tree" or "parse tree". This would include syntax such
> as the square brackets used to delimit arrays in JSON text as leaves of
> the tree. An Abstract Syntax Tree just has the array elements as the
> children of an array node, and is the right thing to use here.
>
> Regards,   Martin.
>