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Re: [Json] [IANA #1147224] Request for Assignment (websocket)

Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> Thu, 26 September 2019 00:07 UTC

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From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
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Subject: Re: [Json] [IANA #1147224] Request for Assignment (websocket)
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> On 26 Sep 2019, at 9:59 am, Matthew A. Miller <linuxwolf+ietf@outer-planes.net> wrote:
> 
> In my opinion, a generic "json" WebSocket subprotocol does not make
> sense.  JSON is too generic a content format for a client and server to
> adequately understand what the WebSocket session would be used for.
> 
> If there were a specification that made it clearer what the intent is,
> my opinion might change.
> 
> 
> - m&m
> 
> Matthew A. Miller
> On 19/09/25 17:30, Amanda Baber via RT wrote:
>> Hi Julian, all,
>> 
>> We received a suggestion from the ADs that we specifically ask about the utility of websocket subprotocol IDs for JSON (and CBOR, the subject of the other request we received). Are there issues there? 
>> 
>> thanks,
>> 
>> Amanda Baber
>> Lead IANA Services Specialist
>> 
>> On Tue Sep 17 05:02:33 2019, julian.reschke@gmx.de wrote:
>>> On 17.09.2019 06:50, Amanda Baber wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> IANA has received a request to register "json" in the WebSocket
>>>> Subprotocol Name registry at
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.iana.org/assignments/websocket/websocket.xml#subprotocol-
>>>> name
>>>> 
>>>> Barry Leiba and Alexey Melnikov suggested asking this mailing list
>>>> for opinions on this request.
>>>> 
>>>> This is all of the information that was provided:
>>>> 
>>>> ===
>>>> 
>>>> Type of Assignment:
>>>> WebSocket Subprotocol ID: `json`, Common Name: `JavaScript Object
>>>> Notation`
>>>> 
>>>> Description:
>>>> A lightweight messaging protocol for structured data using simple
>>>> data types. Defined in http://www.ecma-
>>>> international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/ECMA-404.pdf
>>>> 
>>>> ===
>>>> 
>>>> We currently have only the requester's name as an entry for the
>>>> registry's "Reference" field.
>>>> 
>>>> We're also asking the CBOR mailing list to comment on a request to
>>>> register "cbor."
>>> 
>>> That looks insufficient to me. The definition of a payload format
>>> isn't
>>> a protocol definition, as required by
>>> <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455#section-11.5>:
>>> 
>>>> Subprotocol Definition
>>>>   A reference to the document in which the subprotocol being used
>>>>   with the WebSocket Protocol is defined.
>>> 
>>> Best regards, Julian
>> 
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