Re: [Json] [IANA #1147224] WebSocket Subprotocol Name registration

[Julian Reschke <[e-mail]>]

On 17.09.2019 06:50, Amanda Baber wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> IANA has received a request to register "json" in the WebSocket Subprotocol Name registry at
>
> https://www.iana.org/assignments/websocket/websocket.xml#subprotocol-name
>
> Barry Leiba and Alexey Melnikov suggested asking this mailing list for opinions on this request.
>
> This is all of the information that was provided:
>
> ===
>
> Type of Assignment:
> WebSocket Subprotocol ID: `json`, Common Name: `JavaScript Object Notation`
>
> Description:
> A lightweight messaging protocol for structured data using simple data types. Defined in http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/ECMA-404.pdf
>
> ===
>
> We currently have only the requester's name as an entry for the registry's "Reference" field.
>
> We're also asking the CBOR mailing list to comment on a request to register "cbor."

That looks insufficient to me. The definition of a payload format isn't
a protocol definition, as required by
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455#section-11.5>:

>    Subprotocol Definition
>       A reference to the document in which the subprotocol being used
>       with the WebSocket Protocol is defined.

Best regards, Julian