(registered by RFC4627; last updated 2017-12-15)

Type name:  application

Subtype name:  json

Required parameters:  n/a

Optional parameters:  n/a

Encoding considerations:  binary

Security considerations:  See RFC 8259, Section 12.

Interoperability considerations:  Described in this document

Published specification:  RFC 8259

Applications that use this media type:  JSON has been used to
   exchange data between applications written in all of these
   programming languages: ActionScript, C, C#, Clojure, ColdFusion,
   Common Lisp, E, Erlang, Go, Java, JavaScript, Lua, Objective CAML,
   Perl, PHP, Python, Rebol, Ruby, Scala, and Scheme.

Additional information:  
   Magic number(s): n/a
   File extension(s): .json
   Macintosh file type code(s): TEXT

Person & email address to contact for further information:  
   IESG
   <iesg&ietf.org>

Intended usage:  COMMON

Restrictions on usage:  none

Author:  
   Douglas Crockford
   <douglas&crockford.com>

Change controller:  
   IESG
   <iesg&ietf.org>

Note:  No "charset" parameter is defined for this registration.
   Adding one really has no effect on compliant recipients.