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RFC 4627
The application/json Media Type for JavaScript Object Notation (JSON),July 2006
- File formats:
- Status:
- INFORMATIONAL
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 7159
- Author:
- D. Crockford
- Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- NON WORKING GROUP
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4627
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Abstract
JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is a lightweight, text-based,language-independent data interchange format. It was derived fromthe ECMAScript Programming Language Standard. JSON defines a smallset of formatting rules for the portable representation of structureddata. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.