File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 4627, RFC 7158

Obsoleted by:

RFC 8259

Author:

T. Bray, Ed.

Stream:

IETF

Source:

json (app)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7159

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Abstract

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is a lightweight, text-based, language-independent data interchange format. It was derived from the ECMAScript Programming Language Standard. JSON defines a small set of formatting rules for the portable representation of structured data.

This document removes inconsistencies with other specifications of JSON, repairs specification errors, and offers experience-based interoperability guidance.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.