Re: [Json] Regarding JSON text sequence ambiguities (Re: serializing sequences of JSON values)

John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org> Fri, 14 March 2014 02:27 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Json] Regarding JSON text sequence ambiguities (Re: serializing sequences of JSON values)
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"Martin J. Dürst" scripsit:

> The fact that something like application/json-text-sequence is
> lengthy also has the advantage that it may give a hint that this
> isn't a widely used format, whereas JSON itself is.

No format is widely used when first defined.

An advantage of a simple identifier is that it can be used as a "+"
suffix.

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