Re: [Json] Kicking Off JSONbis

["Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <[e-mail]>]

On 10/01/2015 11:54 AM, Barry Leiba wrote:
>> I must admit that I am puzzled as to how ECMA-404 can be a normative
>> reference for any document that is a minor change from rfc7159.  What in
>> ECMA-404 is needed to understand or implement what is in rfc7159?
> 
> Rob has it nailed in his message:
> "To me, it seems like a political or diplomatic gesture that helps the
> Internet to move forward.
> 
> "Framing it in technical or standards-wonk terms seems counterproductive.
> I don't think there are substantive issues in those areas that would be
> resolved by objecting to the plan in the charter."
> 
> That really is the point: tying the two documents together more tight,
> to make people more comfortable that they are not likely (certainly
> not intended) to 

further (?)

> diverge later.
> 
>> As has been stated, rfc7159 already references ECMA-404.  A conservative way
>> to make a closer connection from rfc7159 to ECMA-404 would be to state that
>> ECMA-404 has an alternative description of JSON that is extremely close to
>> the definition in rfc7159.
> 
> Such a statement would, indeed, be an excellent one to put into 7159bis.
> 
> Barry, responsible AD
> 

peter