This page contains information on the JSON file extension (JavaScript Object Notation), a popular document file format
JSON (Document)
| File extension | .json |
| Category | Document File |
| Description | JSON was initially developed as a way to simply store data structures and objects in a human readable format. It is not dependent on any language albeit it was initially based around Javascript. Douglas Crockford originally put together the specification for the JSON format. Douglas, an American computer programmer who helped to develop and popularise the JSON format. |
| Actions | View other document file formats |
| Technical Details | JSON is made up of Numbers, Strings, Boolean values, Arrays and Objects and is based off of Javascript. JSON differs from Javascript in that it allows the Unicode line terminators U+2028 line separator and U+2029 paragraph separator to appear unescaped in quoted strings. JSON also permits the null character and they can be encoded in UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32, the default it uses is UTF-8. |
| Associated programs | Google Chrome Microsoft Notepad Microsoft WordPad Mozilla Firefox TextWrangler |
| Developed by | Douglas Crockford |
| MIME type | application/json |
| Useful links | More detailed information on JSON files Information on Douglas Crockford who originally specified the JSON format |