11. IANA Considerations

The media type for JSON text is application/json.

Type name: application

Subtype name: json

Required parameters: n/a

Optional parameters: n/a

Encoding considerations: binary

Security considerations: See RFC 8259, Section 12

Interoperability considerations: Described in RFC 8259

Published specification: RFC 8259

Applications that use this media type:
    JSON has been used to exchange data between applications written in all of 
    these programming languages: ActionScript, C, C#, Clojure, ColdFusion, 
    Common Lisp, E, Erlang, Go, Java, JavaScript, Lua, Objective CAML, Perl, 
    PHP, Python, Rebol, Ruby, Scala, and Scheme.

Additional information:
    Magic number(s): n/a
    File extension(s): .json
    Macintosh file type code(s): TEXT

Person & email address to contact for further information:
    IESG
    ```<[email protected]>```

Intended usage: COMMON

Restrictions on usage: none

Author:
    Douglas Crockford
    ```<[email protected]>```

Change controller:
    IESG
    ```<[email protected]>```

Note: No "charset" parameter is defined for this registration. Adding one really has no effect on compliant recipients.

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