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The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format
RFC 7159

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Date By Action
2020-01-21
(System) Received changes through RFC Editor sync (added Verified Errata tag)
2018-12-20
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (changed abstract to 'JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is a lightweight, text-based, language-independent data interchange format. It was derived from …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (changed abstract to 'JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is a lightweight, text-based, language-independent data interchange format. It was derived from the ECMAScript Programming Language Standard. JSON defines a small set of formatting rules for the portable representation of structured data.

This document removes inconsistencies with other specifications of JSON, repairs specification errors, and offers experience-based interoperability guidance.')
2017-05-16
(System) Changed document authors from "" to "Tim Bray"
2015-10-14
(System) Notify list changed from json-chairs@tools.ietf.org, draft-ietf-json-rfc4627bis@tools.ietf.org to draft-ietf-json-rfc4627bis@tools.ietf.org
2014-08-27
Pete Resnick This document replaces RFC 7158 due to a publication error in RFC 7158.
2014-05-19
Pete Resnick Document shepherd changed to Paul E. Hoffman
2014-05-19
Pete Resnick Notification list changed to : json-chairs@tools.ietf.org, draft-ietf-json-rfc4627bis@tools.ietf.org
2014-05-19
Pete Resnick Shepherding AD changed to Pete Resnick
2014-03-03
(System) RFC published