JSON

Summary

JSON is a file format^[1]. JSON ranks in the top 0.34% of file_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,565 views/month, #1 of 297).^[2]

Key Facts

• JSON is credited with the discovery of Douglas Crockford^[3].
• JSON was influenced by REBOL^[4].
• JSON's instance of is recorded as file format^[5].
• JSON's instance of is recorded as data serialization format^[6].
• JSON's instance of is recorded as open standard^[7].
• JSON's instance of is recorded as machine-readable medium^[8].
• JSON's instance of is recorded as embedded domain-specific language^[9].
• JSON's based on is recorded as Q2005^[10].
• JSON's logo image is recorded as JSON vector logo.svg^[11].
• JSON's GND ID is recorded as 1105592812^[12].
• JSON's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2014000515^[13].
• JSON's has use is recorded as data exchange^[14].
• JSON's Commons category is recorded as JavaScript Object Notation^[15].
• +2001-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of JSON^[16].
• JSON's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-00-00T00:00:00Z^[17].
• JSON's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05cntt^[18].
• JSON's official website is recorded as https://json.org/^[19].
• JSON's official website is recorded as https://json.org/json-fr.html^[20].
• JSON's official website is recorded as https://json.org/json-it.html^[21].
• JSON's topic's main category is recorded as Category:JSON^[22].
• JSON's described at URL is recorded as http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/ECMA-404.pdf^[23].
• JSON's media type is recorded as application/json^[24].
• JSON's file extension is recorded as json^[25].
• JSON's described by source is recorded as RFC 8259: The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format^[26].
• JSON's standards body is recorded as Ecma International^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include file format^[5], data serialization format^[6], open standard^[7], machine-readable medium^[8], and embedded domain-specific language^[9].

History and Context

+2001-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of JSON^[16].

Why It Matters

JSON ranks in the top 0.34% of file_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,565 views/month, #1 of 297).^[2] JSON has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] JSON is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

JSON has been cited as an influence by GraphQL^[30], a Graph Query Language^[31], founded in 2012^[32] and QML^[33], a programming language^[34], founded in 2009^[35].

FAQs

Who did JSON influence?

JSON has been cited as an influence by GraphQL^[30] and QML^[33].