Re: [Json] Regarding JSON text sequence ambiguities (Re: serializing sequences of JSON values)

"Martin J. Dürst" <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp> Fri, 14 March 2014 02:08 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Json] Regarding JSON text sequence ambiguities (Re: serializing sequences of JSON values)
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On 2014/03/14 10:25, Nico Williams wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 8:16 PM, Manger, James
> <James.H.Manger@team.telstra.com> wrote:
>>>>   application/jsons
>>
>>> Single character differences are not a very good pattern and this one
>>> may also have the wrong connotations (e.g., is 'jsons' to 'json' as
>>> 'https' is to 'http').
>>
>> It has the perfect connotation: jsons looks like the plural of json, which is perfect for a format holding any number of JSON values.
>
> I'm sympathetic to a "single character differences" lead to
> typos/errors argument.  I'm also sympathetic to an argument about
> wasting bandwidth.
>
> I happen to like application/jsons, but would settle for
> application/json-sequence.

The fact that something like application/json-text-sequence is lengthy 
also has the advantage that it may give a hint that this isn't a widely 
used format, whereas JSON itself is.

And yes, MIME types, like any other sort of identifiers, are cheap. The 
cost isn't in the identifier itself, but in the confusion and loss of 
network effects that may result.

Regards,   Martin.