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JSON Canonical Form
draft-staykov-hu-json-canonical-form-00

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
Expired & archived
Authors Georgi Staykov, Jeff Hu
Last updated 2013-05-11 (Latest revision 2012-11-07)
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Abstract

A single JSON document can have multiple logically equivalent physical representations. While convenient for human interaction, this flexibility is inconvenient for cases where a machine is used to assess the logical equivalence of documents. In cases where logical equivalence is useful, an encoder should produce a canonical form of a JSON document. For example, since digital signatures demand the same physical representation for logically equivalent documents, a canonical physical representation would allow the signature to apply to the logical document. This internet draft has the goal to define a canonical form of JSON documents. Two logically equivalent documents should have same canonical form.

Authors

Georgi Staykov
Jeff Hu

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