[Json] [Errata Rejected] RFC8259 (7673)

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Subject: [Json] [Errata Rejected] RFC8259 (7673)
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The following errata report has been rejected for RFC8259,
"The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format"

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You may review the report below and at:
https://errata.rfc-editor.org/eid7673/

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Status: Rejected
Type: Technical
Reported by: Zachary Collier (Zamicol) <zachmcollier@gmail.com>
Date Reported: Oct. 11, 2023, 7 p.m.
Rejected by: Andy Newton (IESG)

Section 7 says:

Original Text
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The representation of strings is similar to conventions used in the C family
of programming languages.  A string begins and ends with quotation marks. All
Unicode characters may be placed within the quotation marks, except for the
characters that MUST be escaped: quotation mark, reverse solidus, and the
control characters (U+0000 through U+001F).

Corrected Text
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The representation of strings is similar to conventions used in the C family
of programming languages.  A string begins and ends with quotation marks.  All
Unicode characters may be placed within the quotation marks, except for the
characters that MUST be escaped: quotation mark, reverse solidus, and the
control characters (U+0000 through U+001F, U+007F, and U+0080 through
U+009F).

Notes
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There are 33 7-bit control characters, but the JSON RFC only listed 32 by
omitting the inclusion of the last control character in the 7-bit ASCII range,
'del.'  However, JSON is not limited to 7-bit ASCII; it is Unicode.  Unicode
encompasses 65 control characters from U+0080 to U+009F, totaling an additional
32 characters.  The section that currently reads "U+0000 through U+001F" should
include these additional control characters reading as "U+0000 through U+001F,
U+007F, and U+0080 through U+009F"

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RFC8259 (draft-ietf-jsonbis-rfc7159bis)
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Title               : The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format
Publication Date    : December 2017
Author(s)           : T. Bray, Ed.
Category            : Internet Standard
Source              : jsonbis (art)
Stream              : IETF

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