JSON

Summary

JSON is a file format^[1]. JSON ranks in the top 0.34% of file_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (107,976 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 is used for data exchange^[11].
• JSON's Commons category is recorded as JavaScript Object Notation^[12].
• 2001 marks the founding of JSON^[13].
• JSON's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 2001^[14].
• JSON's official website is recorded as https://json.org/^[15].
• JSON's official website is recorded as https://json.org/json-fr.html^[16].
• JSON's official website is recorded as https://json.org/json-it.html^[17].
• JSON's topic's main category is recorded as Category:JSON^[18].
• JSON's described at URL is recorded as http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/ECMA-404.pdf^[19].
• JSON's media type is recorded as application/json^[20].
• JSON's file extension is recorded as json^[21].
• JSON's described by source is recorded as RFC 7159: The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format^[22].
• JSON's described by source is recorded as RFC 9014^[23].
• JSON's described by source is recorded as RFC 7158: The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format^[24].
• JSON's described by source is recorded as RFC 8259: The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format^[25].
• JSON's standards body is recorded as Ecma International^[26].
• JSON's standards body is recorded as Internet Engineering Task Force^[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 marks the founding of JSON^[13].

Why It Matters

JSON ranks in the top 0.34% of file_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (107,976 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 30 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].