JSON¶
Javascript Object Notation
In short
A fine-grained way to store lists and mappings, recursively nested; it is used for generic data exchange, especially between web clients and web servers; it is lighter-weight than XML.
| item | info |
|---|---|
| types | Data (container), Text (plain) |
| preferred | ✅ yes |
| extensions | .json |
| related formats | CSS, CSV, HTML, Markdown, SQL, TAR, TeX, Text, XML, YAML |
| wikipedia | JSON |