JSON-LD
JSON for Linking Data
Judgement: Situational
Pragmatic semantic-web on-ramp inside ordinary JSON.
A JSON-based serialisation for linked data. Lets you embed semantic context (types, relationships, IRIs) into ordinary JSON without breaking JSON consumers that ignore it.
The pragmatic on-ramp into the RDF world: how Schema.org rides on web pages, how decentralised identity (DID, Verifiable Credentials) ships its payloads, and how many APIs add semantics to existing JSON without forcing clients to learn RDF.
At a glance
- Category
- Semantics
- Governance
- W3C
- Status
- Stable; JSON-LD 1.1 current
- First released
- 2014
Links
Related standards
Other standards in Semantics.
- DCAT — Data Catalog Vocabulary
- RDF/OWL — Resource Description Framework / Web Ontology Language
- SHACL — Shapes Constraint Language
- SKOS — Simple Knowledge Organization System
- OSI — Open Semantic Interchange
- schema.org — schema.org vocabulary
- ShEx — Shape Expressions Language
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