Re: [Json] Proposed change to the title of the spec

[Stefan Drees <[e-mail]>]

On 05.06.13 18:53, Tim Bray wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Nico Williams ... wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Paul Hoffman ... wrote:
>>> <no hat>
>>>
>>> Current title:
>>>   The application/json Media Type for JavaScript Object Notation(JSON)
>>> Proposed title:
>>>   JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
>>
>>  +1
>
> I’m +0 on this but think it would be just wonderful to take JavaScript
> out of the name.  New title: “The JSON Format for Encoding Data”. Who
> said JSON had to stand for anything?  -T


Yes, please set the title to

	"The JSON Format for Encoding Data"

if changing it, so that the focus shift of the last ten years of usage 
in the wild is better represented.

I hope the term "Encoding" used within is common language enough to not 
trigger extended bikeshedding ;-)

Stefan.