Overview of Serialization Technologies (2018) [pdf]

[archagon]

https://indico.cern.ch/event/658060/contributions/2898569/attachments/1622526/2582399/pivarski-serialization.pdf

[archagon]

Posting this because I haven't seen high-level questions related to serialization format design discussed so clearly anywhere else.

[avmich]

JSON Schema existed in 2018, so if needed, JSON isn't fully schemaless.

[bvrmn → avmich]

JSON Schema doesn't prevent meta repetition and has no sense in the topic's context.

[avmich → bvrmn]

I'm not sure I understand what meta repetition is, but JSON Schema is a schema mechanism for JSON. _A_ schema mechanism. Maybe author meant something else, but, well, that's how it's called - and arguably it's a good name.

[otabdeveloper4 → avmich]

This JSON

    [ {"foo": 1.2, "bar": [1,2]},
      {"foo": 3.4, "bar": []},
      {"foo": 5.6, "bar": [10,11,12] ]

could be shortened to

    [ { foo: real, bar: [ int ] ]
    1.2 1 2; 3.4 ; 5.6 10 11 12;;

which is significantly shorter and also confers important performance and safety benefits.