A JSON Encoding for HTTP Field Values
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Network Working Group J. F. Reschke
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Intended status: Informational September 1, 2020
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A JSON Encoding for HTTP Field Values
draft-reschke-http-jfv-12
Abstract
This document establishes a convention for use of JSON-encoded field
values in HTTP fields.
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The changes in this draft are summarized in Appendix B.15.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Data Model and Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Sender Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. Recipient Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. Using this Format in Field Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6. Deployment Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7. Interoperability Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7.1. Encoding and Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7.2. Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7.3. Object Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8. Internationalization Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10.3. Specifications Using This Syntax (at some point of
time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Appendix A. Use of JSON Field Value Encoding in the Wild . . . . 9
A.1. W3C Reporting API Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
A.2. W3C Clear Site Data Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
A.3. W3C Feature Policy Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Appendix B. Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
B.1. Since draft-reschke-http-jfv-00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
B.2. Since draft-reschke-http-jfv-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
B.3. Since draft-reschke-http-jfv-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
B.4. Since draft-reschke-http-jfv-03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
B.5. Since draft-reschke-http-jfv-04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
B.6. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-jfv-00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
B.7. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-jfv-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
B.8. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-jfv-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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