RFC 4627
The application/json Media Type for JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), July 2006
- Canonical URL:
- https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4627.txt
- File formats:


- Status:
- INFORMATIONAL
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 7159
- Author:
- D. Crockford
- Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- NON WORKING GROUP
DOI: 10.17487/RFC4627
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Abstract
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 memo provides information for the Internet community.
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.