Re: [Json] Proposal: JSON text sequence MIME type and Proposed Standard

John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org> Tue, 11 March 2014 23:08 UTC

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Nico Williams scripsit:

> I propose a new Proposed Standard and MIME type describing a "JSON
> text sequence" as: a sequence of JSON texts separated by newlines.

Since a JSON text is bracketed by optional whitespace, it makes sense
to me that a JSON text sequence should be also bracketed by optional
whitespace, with the values separated by mandatory whitespace.
This is very simple.

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