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

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Fri, 14 March 2014 01:25 UTC

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From: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
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Subject: Re: [Json] Regarding JSON text sequence ambiguities (Re: serializing sequences of JSON values)
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On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 8:16 PM, Manger, James
<James.H.Manger@team.telstra.com> wrote:
>> >  application/jsons
>
>> Single character differences are not a very good pattern and this one
>> may also have the wrong connotations (e.g., is 'jsons' to 'json' as
>> 'https' is to 'http').
>
> It has the perfect connotation: jsons looks like the plural of json, which is perfect for a format holding any number of JSON values.

I'm sympathetic to a "single character differences" lead to
typos/errors argument.  I'm also sympathetic to an argument about
wasting bandwidth.

I happen to like application/jsons, but would settle for
application/json-sequence.

Nico
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