compact binary representation of json

Question

Are there any compact binary representations of JSON out there? I know there is BSON, but even that webpage says \"in many cases is not much more efficient than JSON. In so

Answer 1

Another alternative that should be considered these days is CBOR (RFC 7049), which has an explicitly JSON-compatible model with a lot of flexibility. It is both stable and meets your open-standard qualification, and has obviously had a lot of thought put into it.