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Re: [Json] Allow any JSON value at the top level

John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org> Sat, 08 June 2013 03:28 UTC

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Carsten Bormann scripsit:

> I'd call it JSON-value, and write a separate document that defines a
> new media type
>
>	application/json-value
>
> No gratuitous change, no interoperability problems.
>
> (Actually, we have the production "value" already, so anyone can go
> ahead and register that media type.)

If there's demand for this, we can register it in this document: no separate
document needed.

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