JSON-LD

JSON-based syntax for Linked Data that lets ordinary JSON be read as RDF; a W3C Recommendation since January 2014.

Read the specification ↗ json-ld.org On GitHub ↗

Part of threads Can ordinary developers use it? proposes; Rigour against developer taste settles; Who sets the standard? proposes

builds on

• RDF standard 1999 [src1][src2]

published by

• World Wide Web Consortium organization 1994 [src]

alternative to

• AT Protocol standard 2022 [src]
  Lexicon was chosen instead of JSON-LD

edited by

• Dave Longley person [src1][src2]
  JSON-LD 1.1 (2020); also an author of 1.0
• Gregg Kellogg person [src1][src2]
  JSON-LD 1.0 and 1.1
• Manu Sporny person [src]
• Markus Lanthaler person [src]
• Pierre-Antoine Champin person b. 1974 [src]
  JSON-LD 1.1 (2020)

contributors

• Niklas Lindström person [src]
  listed as an author of JSON-LD 1.0

subject of

• JSON-LD and Why I Hate the Semantic Web writing 2014 [src]

built upon by

• Activity Streams 2.0 standard 2017 [src]
• CBOR-LD standard 2026 [src]
• Embedded structured data concept [src]
• EPCIS standard 2007 [src]
• International Image Interoperability Framework standard 2012 [src]
• Linked Art standard 2016 [src]
• Verifiable Credentials Data Model standard 2019 [src]
• Web Annotation Data Model standard 2017 [src]
• Web of Things Thing Description standard 2020 [src]