That's the source that pressed it into service: JSON is exactly what it says it is: Javascript Object Notation. Specifically, it's a subset of javascript's, well, object notation.
The point is, the syntax behind JSON was originally designed for a specific language, as a textual representation of that language's objects. It just happened to make a convenient serialization format.
The point is, the syntax behind JSON was originally designed for a specific language, as a textual representation of that language's objects. It just happened to make a convenient serialization format.