Information technology — The JSON data interchange syntax

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Language(s)

English

Published date

11-15-2017

Publisher

International Organization for Standardization

JSON is a lightweight, text-based, language-independent syntax for defining data interchange formats. It was derived from the ECMAScript programming language, but is programming language independent. JSON defines a small set of structuring rules for the portable representation of structured data.

The goal of ISO/IEC 21778:2017 is only to define the syntax of valid JSON texts. Its intent is not to provide any semantics or interpretation of text conforming to that syntax. It also intentionally does not define how a valid JSON text might be internalized into the data structures of a programming language. There are many possible semantics that could be applied to the JSON syntax and many ways that a JSON text can be processed or mapped by a programming language. Meaningful interchange of information using JSON requires agreement among the involved parties on the specific semantics to be applied. Defining specific semantic interpretations of JSON is potentially a topic for other specifications. Similarly, language mappings of JSON can also be independently specified. For example, ECMA-262 defines mappings between valid JSON texts and ECMAScript's runtime data structures.

DocumentType	Standard
Pages	6
PublisherName	International Organization for Standardization
Status	Current

Standards	Relationship
IS/ISO/IEC 21778 : 2019	Identical
JIS X 3061:2021	Identical
BS ISO/IEC 21778:2017	Identical

ISO/IEC 10646:2014	Information technology Universal Coded Character Set (UCS)
ECMA 262 : 8ED 2017	ECMASCRIPT[R] 2017 LANGUAGE SPECIFICATION
AS ISO/IEC 21823.1:2020	Internet of things (IoT) - Interoperability for internet of things systems Framework