A language or notation whose primary purpose is representing structured data, name-value pairs, arrays and nested objects, for storage or transmission between programs, rather than marking up human-authored document text. Data-serialization formats are filed within this atlas's existing language type rather than a separate type, and are told apart by their sub label like every other language member. Belongs here: JSON and YAML. Does not belong here: a language whose primary purpose is marking up document text for display or publishing, filed under Markup Language, or a language designed to query a database, filed under Query Language.
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1. Wikipedia: JSON
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Douglas Crockford originally specified the JSON format in the early 2000s, and sent the first JSON message in April 2001 with Chip Morningstar.
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