On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Rich Hickey <richhic...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've started to document a subset of Clojure's data format in an effort to > get it more widely used as a data exchange format, e.g. as an alternative to > JSON. > > Please have a look: > https://github.com/richhickey/edn The current specification has two problems that have bitten us on other projects (and with other formats): it has no specified encoding for strings, and it has no native mechanism for binary data. It would be awesome if you could consider both in the format. Strings without encoding are an interoperability headache, even if they allow binary data - someone will forget to tag the data, or will just throw whatever random 8-bit encoding in, and problems arise. Strings with a specific encoding (like JSON and UTF-8) are great, but they can't carry binary, so something specific is needed - and hopefully something better than "base64 into the string". -- Daniel Pittman ♲ Made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
