RFC 7159: The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is a lightweight, text-based, language-independent data interchange format. It was derived from the ECMAScript Programming…

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Outgoing relationships (5 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 4627: The application/json Media Type for JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
Obsoletes — RFC 7158: The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Informative reference — RFC 607: Comments on the File Transfer Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 3607: Chinese Lottery Cryptanalysis Revisited: The Internet as a Codebreaking Tool

Incoming relationships (40 related RFCs)

Obsoleted by, Informatively referenced by — RFC 8259: The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7519: JSON Web Token (JWT)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7517: JSON Web Key (JWK)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7518: JSON Web Algorithms (JWA)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7951: JSON Encoding of Data Modeled with YANG
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7493: The I-JSON Message Format
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7662: OAuth 2.0 Token Introspection
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7469: Public Key Pinning Extension for HTTP
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7591: OAuth 2.0 Dynamic Client Registration Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7638: JSON Web Key (JWK) Thumbprint
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7807: Problem Details for HTTP APIs
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7483: JSON Responses for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7952: Defining and Using Metadata with YANG
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7484: Finding the Authoritative Registration Data (RDAP) Service
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7464: JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Text Sequences
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7644: System for Cross-domain Identity Management: Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7975: Request Routing Redirection Interface for Content Delivery Network (CDN) Interconnection
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7396: JSON Merge Patch
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7643: System for Cross-domain Identity Management: Core Schema
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7711: PKIX over Secure HTTP (POSH)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7808: Time Zone Data Distribution Service
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8164: Opportunistic Security for HTTP/2
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7628: A Set of Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanisms for OAuth
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7797: JSON Web Signature (JWS) Unencoded Payload Option
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7386: JSON Merge Patch
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7545: Protocol to Access White-Space (PAWS) Databases
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7592: OAuth 2.0 Dynamic Client Registration Management Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7846: Peer-to-Peer Streaming Tracker Protocol (PPSTP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8072: YANG Patch Media Type
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8142: GeoJSON Text Sequences
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8292: Voluntary Application Server Identification (VAPID) for Web Push
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8152: CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7480: HTTP Usage in the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8725: JSON Web Token Best Current Practices
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7635: Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN) Extension for Third-Party Authorization
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7736: Content Delivery Network Interconnection (CDNI) Media Type Registration
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7969: Customizing DHCP Configuration on the Basis of Network Topology
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8091: A Media Type Structured Syntax Suffix for JSON Text Sequences
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8189: Multi-Cost Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8896: Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) Cost Calendar