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[kevinSuttle]

Is there a spec? Is this a Java API for it?

See also: https://github.com/edn-format/edn

[VStack → kevinSuttle]

Yes please check:

Specification: http://tutorials.jenkov.com/iap/index.html

Benchmarks: http://tutorials.jenkov.com/iap/ion-performance-benchmarks.h...

Tutorials: http://tutorials.jenkov.com/iap-tools-java/index.html

Here is also a recent Infoq.com article http://www.infoq.com/articles/IAP-Fast-HTTP-Alternative?utm_....

[profeta → VStack]

the "message structure" page is 404ing. all the rest hints to a designed-by-committee buzzword thingy.

[jjenkov → profeta]

Here is the Message Structure doc http://tutorials.jenkov.com/iap/iap-message-structure.html . We are not as far with the core IAP protocol as we are with ION, but we will get there.

Designed-by-committee - really? You pull that?

[fnordsensei → kevinSuttle]

To be fair, Transit is probably a better message format than edn. https://github.com/cognitect/transit-java