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

Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> Mon, 28 April 2014 22:13 UTC

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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:13:21 -0700
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Subject: Re: [Json] I-JSON Tpic #2: Top-Level
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My main i-json motivation is application-level protocols, specifically
JOSE-style stuff.  So the IETF would be sort of the canonical user. -T


On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote:

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> On 29 Apr 2014, at 6:20 am, Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> wrote:
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> > Allowing top-level JSON to be a primitive - true, null, 42​ - is batshit
> crazy for anything the IETF might contemplate, and one of I-JSON’s main
> virtues is ruling that out.
>
> Is the target audience for I-JSON just the IETF, or anyone who wants a
> more interoperable profile of JSON?
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Mark Nottingham   http://www.mnot.net/
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