Douglas Crockford boldly titles his paperJSON’s lightweight payload allows for reduced bandwidth needs and faster transfers.
JSON: The Fat-Free Alternative to XML
JSON is not a document format. It is not a markup language.
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group | type | name | size | compress-size |
---|---|---|---|---|
base | json | base-custom.json | 56 | 83 |
base | json | base-full.json | 93 | 107 |
base | xml | base.xml | 45 | 69 |
books | json | books1-custom.json | 204832 | 1933 |
books | json | books1-full.json | 438133 | 3758 |
books | xml | books1.xml | 256030 | 2412 |
books | xml | books2.xml | 226430 | 2169 |
books | xml | books3.xml | 186230 | 1819 |
epa | json | epa1-custom.json | 140914 | 13024 |
epa | json | epa1-full.json | 199025 | 14862 |
epa | xml | epa1.xml | 195201 | 14591 |
epa | xml | epa2.xml | 192449 | 14528 |
epa | xml | epa3.xml | 136813 | 12729 |
ndc | json | ndc1-custom.json | 95093 | 8503 |
ndc | json | ndc1-full.json | 235603 | 9621 |
ndc | xml | ndc1.xml | 176157 | 9140 |
ndc | xml | ndc2.xml | 153157 | 8952 |
ndc | xml | ndc3.xml | 96087 | 8295 |
snomed | json | snomed1-custom.json | 230371 | 22665 |
snomed | json | snomed1-full.json | 501577 | 25757 |
snomed | xml | snomed1.xml | 405294 | 24484 |
snomed | xml | snomed2.xml | 355195 | 23853 |
snomed | xml | snomed3.xml | 221409 | 22237 |
spl | json | spl1-custom.json | 55762 | 10857 |
spl | json | spl1-full.json | 135948 | 12398 |
spl | xml | spl1.xml | 99571 | 11974 |
spl | xml | spl2.xml | 97965 | 11927 |
spl | xml | spl3.xml | 87755 | 11262 |
json | twitter1-custom.json | 715005 | 196939 | |
xml | twitter1-full.json | 1056212 | 207340 | |
xml | twitter1.xml | 809469 | 198325 | |
xml | twitter2.xml | 718016 | 195197 | |
xml | twitter3.xml | 700412 | 194971 |
name | count |
---|---|
Chrome | 423 |
Firefox | 277 |
Mobile Safari | 148 |
IE | 75 |
Android Webkit | 75 |
Safari | 72 |
Chrome Mobile | 57 |
Opera | 15 |
Chromium | 7 |
Mobile Firefox | 4 |
IceWeasel | 4 |
IE Mobile | 3 |
Opera Mobile | 3 |
Avant Browser | 2 |
SeaMonkey | 2 |
Epiphany | 1 |
Netscape Navigator | 1 |
Rekonq | 1 |
Konqueror | 1 |
OS | count |
---|---|
Windows 7 | 402 |
iOS 6 | 138 |
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion | 136 |
Windows XP | 70 |
Linux | 69 |
Android 4.1.x Jelly Bean | 48 |
Linux (Ubuntu) | 46 |
Android 4.2 Jelly Bean | 39 |
Windows 8 | 38 |
OS X 10.7 Lion | 36 |
OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard | 33 |
Android 4.0.x Ice Cream Sandwich | 32 |
iOS 5 | 20 |
Android 2.3.x Gingerbread | 18 |
Windows Vista | 17 |
Android | 8 |
Android 2.2.x Froyo | 5 |
FreeBSD | 3 |
Windows Phone 8 | 3 |
Windows RT | 2 |
OS X 10.5 Leopard | 2 |
iOS | 1 |
Linux (CentOS) | 1 |
Linux (Fedora) | 1 |
iOS 7 | 1 |
OS X | 1 |
Solaris | 1 |