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[Json] Re: Proposal for use of JSON Text vs JSON Document in JSON Schema

Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> Mon, 18 May 2026 22:31 UTC

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Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 15:31:11 -0700
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On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 3:21 PM Lisa Dusseault <lisa.dusseault@gmail.com>
wrote:

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> Problem statement: "JSON Text" is defined in normative references
>

Hi,

No. It is "JSON text".

Sorry to be a giant pain, but we have to get the premise correct.

Also, whenever someone says "Abstract Syntax Tree", they almost always mean
"Concrete Syntax Tree" or just "parse tree".

I'm happy to go through and fix this stuff as a reviewer.

thanks,
Rob

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