JSON root element

Question

Does JSON require a root element as in XML case. As far as I know this is a valid JSON string.

{
    \"email\":[
        {
            \"type\":\"home\",
            


        

Answer 1

According to the modified Backus-Naur-Form on the right side pane of http://json.org/ the root element of a JSON data structure can be any of these seven types/values:

Object
Array
String
Number
true
false
null

Examples

So all of the following examples are valid JSON root elements:

{
  "name": "Jpsy",
  "age": 99
}

[ 1, 2, "three", 4, 5 ]

"abcdefg"

123.45

true

false

null