Re: [Json] Meanwhile, out there...

[Phillip Hallam-Baker <[e-mail]>]

On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Pete Cordell <[e-mail]>wrote:

> Actually, I really wish the IETF would grab the bull by the horns and
> define a notation that is geared towards it's purposes rather than
> continually making do with everyone else's second-hand cast offs!
>
> I think something JSON like would be good, but with a few modifications.
> For example SHON - Simple Humanized Object Notation:
>
> // Implicit initial object - no {
> // Comments are allowed
> a_name_without_space: 12
> // Unquoted whitespace without a comma separates records
> "a name with spaces": 14
> an_array: 15, 16, 17    // Commas implicitly create an array
> an_array: 18    // Another member for an_array
> a_string: "A string"
> another_string: 'Another string'
> an_object: { /* as JSON */ }
>
> </rant>
>

Well I could add these as variant syntax in JSONSchema

https://sourceforge.net/projects/jsonschema/


It is a bit of a misnomer now because I had to write a HTTP server so I
added in a parser/encoder module for RFC822 headers.

At the moment I have three variations on JSON that extend the JSON core
incrementally

JSON-B   Adds length delimited binary blobs and strings so that it is not
necessary to mess about with BASE64 encoding or escaping UNICODE strings.
This makes modularity a lot easier as it is now easy to wrap one JSON
structure inside another.

JSON-C  Adds in the compression capabilities people often insist are needed.

JSON-D Supports a full range of binary encodings for data etc.


I am thinking about adding in JSON-A which would be an extension to the
ASCII control codes. While people say JSON is a UNICODE format this is only
actually true of JSON strings. It is not legal for a JSON encoding to have
UNICODE characters anywhere else.


Comments are a commonly requested feature. They are essential for using
JSON for configuration so lets add them.

Another essential capability is being able to use JSON for append-only log
file updates. Most operating systems have handlers that can be used to make
append only access transactional.

I will think about the consequences of making LF an implicit comma.

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