Skip to content

digitalbazaar/json-ld

Folders and files

NameName
Last commit message
Last commit date

Latest commit

 

History

32 Commits
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Repository files navigation

NOTE: This repository is old, please use the new one: https://github.com/json-ld/json-ld.org


Introduction

JSON-LD (JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data) is a lightweight Linked Data format. It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines to parse and generate. It is based on the already successful JSON format and provides a way to help JSON data interoperate at Web-scale. If you are already familiar with JSON, writing JSON-LD is very easy. There is a smooth migration path from the JSON you use today, to the JSON-LD you will use in the future. These properties make JSON-LD an ideal Linked Data interchange language for JavaScript environments, Web services, and unstructured databases such as CouchDB and MongoDB.

A Simple Example

A simple example of a JSON object with added semantics:

{
  "#": {"foaf": "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"},
  "@": "<http://example.org/people#john>",
  "a": "foaf:Person",
  "foaf:name" : "John Lennon"
}

The example above describes a person whose name is John Lennon. The difference between regular JSON and JSON-LD is that the JSON-LD object above uniquely identifies itself on the Web and can be used, without introducing ambiguity, across every Web site, Web services and databases in operation today.

The Specification

If you are a developer, you may be interested in the latest WebID specification:

http://json-ld.org/spec/latest/

A list of all previous specification drafts is also available.

http://json-ld.org/spec/

About

A Context-based JSON Serialization for Linked Data

Resources

Stars

Watchers

Forks

Releases

No releases published

Packages

No packages published