IETF Logo Mail Archive

Re: [Json] Call for WG Consensus to Adopt I-JSON as a WG Item in the Charter

John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org> Sat, 15 March 2014 14:36 UTC

Return-Path: <cowan@ccil.org>
X-Original-To: json@ietfa.amsl.com
Delivered-To: json@ietfa.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5348F1A0204 for <json@ietfa.amsl.com>; Sat, 15 Mar 2014 07:36:07 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -3.147
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.147 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.547] autolearn=ham
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([4.31.198.44]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id KAQXa9ieZCgT for <json@ietfa.amsl.com>; Sat, 15 Mar 2014 07:36:05 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from earth.ccil.org (earth.ccil.org [192.190.237.11]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA4F21A0146 for <json@ietf.org>; Sat, 15 Mar 2014 07:36:04 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from cowan by earth.ccil.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from <cowan@ccil.org>) id 1WOpgn-0005ga-8R; Sat, 15 Mar 2014 10:35:53 -0400
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 10:35:53 -0400
From: John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
To: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
Message-ID: <20140315143553.GC30147@mercury.ccil.org>
References: <53238F21.2030508@cisco.com> <nll8i999lis5u0f719iv6bgte71d8uus52@hive.bjoern.hoehrmann.de>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <nll8i999lis5u0f719iv6bgte71d8uus52@hive.bjoern.hoehrmann.de>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14)
Sender: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
Archived-At: http://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/json/Vm6NcH4BjLya6h3YZRsYTTmE3L8
Cc: IETF JSON WG <json@ietf.org>, Matt Miller <mamille2@cisco.com>
Subject: Re: [Json] Call for WG Consensus to Adopt I-JSON as a WG Item in the Charter
X-BeenThere: json@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15
Precedence: list
List-Id: "JavaScript Object Notation \(JSON\) WG mailing list" <json.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/options/json>, <mailto:json-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/json/>
List-Post: <mailto:json@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:json-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/json>, <mailto:json-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 14:36:07 -0000

Bjoern Hoehrmann scripsit:

> No, not without changing the nature of the document considerably. These
> are just best practises and not a separate format with its own name.

The idea, I think, is that if the receiver sees the new name it can make
more stringent assumptions about the input.  Indeed, given a name, certain
receivers can say they will *only* accept I-JSON.  It is analogous to the
"strict" declaration in JavaScript (or Perl, for that matter).

-- 
John Cowan       http://www.ccil.org/~cowan        <cowan@ccil.org>
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  `Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)

v2.23.0 | Report a Bug | By Email