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Re: [Json] I-JSON Tpic #2: Top-Level

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Wed, 21 May 2014 16:21 UTC

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Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 11:21:52 -0500
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From: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
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Subject: Re: [Json] I-JSON Tpic #2: Top-Level
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On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> wrote:
> On May 21, 2014, at 8:48 AM, Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> wrote:
>>> <no hat>
>>>
>>> The goal of this document is to maximize interoperability. RFC 4627 and other specs had the rule that JSON texts had to be objects or arrays. Restricting JSON texts *in this profile* maximizes interoperability better than RFC 7159 did.
>>

>> Perhaps
>> because interop with RFC4627 implementations is desired?
>
> Not perhaps: definitely.

Thanks.

>> But every
>> one of those I've looked at handles non-object/array values at the
>> top-level... (granted, I've not looked at all of them).
>
> There were reports that some fell over or processed the other top-level items wrong.

I missed them.  Where can I find those reports?  (what search terms
might I use?)

Nico
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