JSON
Definition
“JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format. It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines to parse and generate. It is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language, Standard ECMA-262 3rd Edition - December 1999. JSON is a text format that is completely language independent but uses conventions that are familiar to programmers of the C-family of languages, including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, Python, and many others. These properties make JSON an ideal data-interchange language.” (JSON, retrieved 19:06, 15 May 2007 (MEST)).
{{quotation | JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight computer data interchange format. It is a text-based, human-readable format for representing objects and other data structures and is mainly used to transmit such structured data over a network connection (in a process called serialization). JSON finds its main application in Ajax web application programming, as a simple alternative to using XML for asynchronously transmitting structured information between client and server. ([1], retrieved 19:06, 15 May 2007 (MEST))
Technology
- JSON is one of the rare modern data-interchange formats that is not XML.
From the JSON website, , retrieved 19:06, 15 May 2007 (MEST):
Links
- Official
- JSON HomePage
- RFC 4627 JSON specification
- Tutorials and Overviews