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JSON Schema Interfaces

1 July 2009

I recently discussed an extension to JSON Schema called JSON Schema Interfaces (JSI) for defining method signatures as well as property types in a language independent manner. The post provides a library for using JSI as an obtrusive typing mechanism for JavaScript. The JSI typing module is available in a standalone JavaScript library, integrated with [...]

Jackson supports JSON Schema

1 July 2009

The Jackson JSON Processor version 1.1.0 has been released which includes generating JSON schemas from Java classes.

Interview and JSON Schema Link

26 November 2008

Justin Meyer, author of the JavaScript MVC library (a great client-side framework for client-centric applications) recently interviewed me to talk about approaches to web development. I was very honored to see that he blogged about the interview.
Also, Ganesh Prasad recently talked about the importance of JSON Schema in the evolution of service oriented front-end [...]

Standardizing RESTful JSON

19 August 2008

Joe Gregorio recently began discussing a protocol for RESTful JSON . Having spent a significant amount of time in this field, and having authored several implementations of RESTful JSON, I thought it me be beneficial to offer some comments on the subject. I am certainly supportive of Joe’s efforts towards RESTful JSON, and believe this [...]

JSON Schema Progress

29 February 2008

JSON Schema continues to progress with steady refinements and lively discussion on improvements resulting in a second draft. I have been working the OpenAjax alliance on collaboration and synchronizing the work of JSON Schema with the OpenAjax Metadata specification.
I have updated my JavaScript implementation of JSON Schema with the latest modifications to the JSON [...]

Defining JSON Referencing Convention with JSON Schema

22 January 2008

I have been involved in lengthy discussions on the best approach to JSON referencing. I have long wished for a single convention for JSON referencing, but the numerous approaches currently in use have frustrated my attempts at consensus. In some situations path-based referencing can be a very clean approach for intra-message referencing. On the otherhand, [...]

JSON Schema Service Descriptor

6 November 2007

By including method definitions, JSON Schema can easily be extended to be a service descriptor for the RPC (remote procedure call) service JSON-RPC. JSON Schema provides robust type definition which can be utilized for defining types in method call contracts. In addition, using JSON Schema allows methods to be defined in the same manner as property [...]

JSON Schema Proposal (RFC)

2 October 2007

I have been working on creating a JSON Schema proposal, and I wanted to get feedback on  the specification so far. JSON Schema is a specification for a JSON-based format for defining the structure of JSON data. JSON Schema provides a contract for what JSON data is required for a given application and how it can [...]