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Re: [Json] JSON merge alternatives

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Thu, 20 March 2014 15:07 UTC

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On Mar 19, 2014, at 5:01 PM, Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote:
>>  http://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/apps-discuss/mvUVvUt41tFTrPSOCfv7sfblTUM
> 
> I.e., draft-ietf-appsawg-json-merge-patch, which has the same problems
> mentioned recently on this list (e.g., using null to mean delete).

Then those problems should be discussed more. There was at least one thread about "null to delete", but I don't think it got enough focus.

As others have said: the document is already in another WG, there is no need to bring it to this WG. If you want to speak about the document, definitely join the AppsAWG mailing list at <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/apps-discuss>. Also, if you want to volunteer to edit the document, saying so there would be great.

Do note that that WG already has lots of relevant readers: people who write applications protocols that use JSON. Having both them and JSON partisans in the discussion would be a good thing.

Matt and I are not looking at empire-building and see no reason to take this document from an active WG just to put it here. One of the great things about the IETF is that many people participate on (or at least lazily follow) many mailing lists.

--Paul Hoffman

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