Jason - does the world need yet another Json format?

"Jason - does the world need yet another Json format?"

Abstract:

These days, JSON is used in many cases where data has to be exchanged.

Lots of protocols between different services use it, databases store JSON (document stores naturally but others increasingly as well). It is popular, because it is simple, human-readable, and yet surprisingly versatile, despite its limitations.

At the same time there are a plethora of alternatives ranging from XML over Universal Binary JSON, MongoDB's BSON, MessagePack, BJSON (binary JSON), Apache Thrift till Google's protocol buffers and ArangoDB's shaped JSON.

When looking into this, I was surprised to find that none of these formats manages to combine compactness, platform independence, fast access to subobjects and rapid conversion from and to JSON. So Jan and I saw ourselves forced to invent something...

In this talk I will report about our ideas, swift JSON parsing and our implementation.

Speaker:

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Max Neunhöffer

Max Neunhöffer is a mathematician turned database developer. In his academic career he has worked for 16 years on the development and implementation of new algorithms in computer algebra, mainly for the open source system GAP. During this time he has juggled a lot with mathematical "big data" like group orbits containing trillions of points. Recently he has returned from St Andrews in Scotland to Germany, has shifted his focus to NoSQL databases and now helps to develop ArangoDB.