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---+ [json] Supporting JSON
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From http://json.org, "
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JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange
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format. It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines
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to parse and generate. It is based on a subset of the JavaScript
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Programming Language, Standard ECMA-262 3rd Edition - December 1999.
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JSON is a text format that is completely language independent but uses
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conventions that are familiar to programmers of the C-family of
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languages, including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, Python, and
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many others. These properties make JSON an ideal data-interchange
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language."
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JSON is interesting to Prolog because using AJAX web technology we can
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easily created web-enabled user interfaces where we implement the server
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side using the SWI-Prolog HTTP services provided by this package.
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The interface consists of three libraries:
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* library(http/json) provides support for the core JSON object
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serialization.
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* library(http/json_convert) converts between the primary
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representation of JSON terms in Prolog and more application
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oriented Prolog terms. E.g. point(X,Y) vs. object([x=X,y=Y]).
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* library(http/http_json) hooks the conversion libraries into
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the HTTP client and server libraries.
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[[json.pl]]
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[[json_convert.pl]]
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[[http_json.pl]]
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