Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: JSON schema ??? SQL-Binding ??? HTML-Form-Binding ??? Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:52:17 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 51 Message-ID: <4ED8CA01.2020608@arnowelzel.de> References: <9jcva5F81fU1@mid.individual.net> <9jd4v7Fde1U1@mid.individual.net> <1567539.qVoOGUtdWV@PointedEars.de> <9jd7dsFvpfU1@mid.individual.net> <4801953.ypaU67uLZW@PointedEars.de> <9jd8ddF78nU1@mid.individual.net> <2m35d75k71mht8jlabjs9ll7jgnnnpndvb@4ax.com> <9ji0aeFr5nU1@mid.individual.net> <4ed4001d$0$29377$a8266bb1@newsreader.readnews.com> <9jjfi9Fi9vU1@mid.individual.net> <4ed51ecc$0$29455$a8266bb1@newsreader.readnews.com> <1352104.gvF1YVE18W@PointedEars.de> <4ED614F5.5070701@arnowelzel.de> <4ed616b5$0$29374$a8266bb1@newsreader.readnews.com> <3010164.SPkdTlGXAF@PointedEars.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="dd4uQGf4fHOQcq7/hg1u1Q"; logging-data="8632"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/TDi4gSWcZqc7CEWhDBS0oVUX/cN9PN4k=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 In-Reply-To: <3010164.SPkdTlGXAF@PointedEars.de> Cancel-Lock: sha1:5V9B9WeMynWO7Q1gEvABeUmiUVU= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.javascript:8761 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn, 2011-11-30 14:53: > Denis McMahon wrote: > >> On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:35:17 +0100, Arno Welzel wrote: >>> What is the difference between "serialising a data object" and "(object) >>> data exchange"? >> >> Only that Thomas has to call it something different to me to suggest that >> I don't know what I'm talking about. > > You don't. JSON is about exchanging data, not serializing objects. > There does not even need to be an original object for JSON. BTW: JSON = JavaScript Object Notation On : " [...] In JSON, they take on these forms: An object is an unordered set of name/value pairs. An object begins with { (left brace) and ends with } (right brace) [...]" I assume this is what Dennis described as "serialising a data object". And even RFC4627 talks about "objects": "2.2. Objects An object structure is represented as a pair of curly brackets surrounding zero or more name/value pairs (or members). A name is a string. A single colon comes after each name, separating the name from the value. A single comma separates a value from a following name. The names within an object SHOULD be unique. object = begin-object [ member *( value-separator member ) ] end-object member = string name-separator value" Just to understand it the difference: Is "serialising a data object" only valid for CORBA, DCOM, JDO etc. and "(object) data exchange" is only valid for JSON? -- Arno Welzel http://arnowelzel.de http://de-rec-fahrrad.de