Tabular-JSON specification
Tabular-JSON is a superset of JSON. Below, the grammer for Tabular-JSON is displayed and compared with JSON. The JSON grammer comes from the official website https://www.json.org/. The grammers use McKeeman Form.
JSON grammer
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json
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element
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value
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object
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array
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string
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number
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"true"
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"false"
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"null"
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object
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'{' ws '}'
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'{' members '}'
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members
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member
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member ',' members
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member
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ws string ws ':' element
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array
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'[' ws ']'
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'[' elements ']'
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elements
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element
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element ',' elements
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element
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ws value ws
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string
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'"' characters '"'
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characters
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""
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character characters
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character
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'0020' . '10FFFF' - '"' - '\'
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'\' escape
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escape
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'"'
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'\'
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'/'
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'b'
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'f'
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'n'
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'r'
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't'
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'u' hex hex hex hex
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hex
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digit
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'A' . 'F'
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'a' . 'f'
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number
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integer fraction exponent
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integer
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digit
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onenine digits
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'-' digit
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'-' onenine digits
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digits
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digit
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digit digits
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digit
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'0'
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onenine
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onenine
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'1' . '9'
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fraction
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""
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'.' digits
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exponent
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""
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'E' sign digits
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'e' sign digits
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sign
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""
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'+'
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'-'
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ws
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""
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space ws
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tab ws
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newline ws
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carriagereturn ws
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space
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'0020'
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tab
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'0009'
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newline
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'000A'
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112
carriagereturn
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'000D'
114
Tabular-JSON grammer
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tabular-json
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table_contents
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element
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value
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object
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array
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table
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string
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number
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date
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"true"
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"false"
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"null"
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object
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'{' ws '}'
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'{' members '}'
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members
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member
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member ',' members
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member
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ws string ws ':' element
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array
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'[' ws ']'
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'[' elements ']'
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elements
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element
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element ',' elements
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element
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ws value ws
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table
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'---' wst newline table_contents newline wst '---'
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table_contents
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header newline rows
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header
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field
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field ',' header
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rows
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row
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row newline rows
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field
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wst string wst
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wst string wst '.' field
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row
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wst value wst
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wst value wst ',' row
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string
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quoted_string
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unquoted_string
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quoted_string
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'"' characters '"'
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characters
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""
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character characters
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character
72
'0020' . '10FFFF' - '"' - '\'
73
'\' escape
74
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escape
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'"'
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'\'
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'/'
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'b'
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'f'
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'n'
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'r'
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't'
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'u' hex hex hex hex
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unquoted_string
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unquoted_start
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unquoted_start unquoted_end
89
unquoted_start unquoted_chars unquoted_end
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unquoted_start
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unquoted_char - wst - digit
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unquoted_end
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unquoted_char - wst
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unquoted_chars
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unquoted_char
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unquoted_char unquoted_chars
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101
unquoted_char
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'0020' . '10FFFF' - delimiter
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delimiter
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'"'
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','
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'.'
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':'
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'-'
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'['
111
']'
112
'{'
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'}'
114
newline
115
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hex
117
digit
118
'A' . 'F'
119
'a' . 'f'
120
121
number
122
integer fraction exponent
123
124
integer
125
digit
126
onenine digits
127
'-' digit
128
'-' onenine digits
129
130
digits
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digit
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digit digits
133
134
digit
135
'0'
136
onenine
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onenine
139
'1' . '9'
140
141
fraction
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""
143
'.' digits
144
145
exponent
146
""
147
'E' sign digits
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'e' sign digits
149
150
sign
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""
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'+'
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'-'
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date
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date 'T' time 'Z'
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date 'T' time '.' milliseconds 'Z'
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date
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digit digit digit digit '-' digit digit '-' digit digit
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time
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digit digit '-' digit digit '-' digit digit
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milliseconds
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digit digit digit
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ws
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""
170
space ws
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tab ws
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newline ws
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carriagereturn ws
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wst
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""
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space ws
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tab ws
179
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space
181
'0020'
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tab
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'0009'
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newline
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'000A'
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carriagereturn
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'000D'
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Tabular-JSON grammer, compared with JSON
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json
1
tabular-json
2
table_contents
3
element
4
5
value
6
object
7
array
8
table
9
string
10
number
11
date
12
"true"
13
"false"
14
"null"
15
16
object
17
'{' ws '}'
18
'{' members '}'
19
20
members
21
member
22
member ',' members
23
24
member
25
ws string ws ':' element
26
27
array
28
'[' ws ']'
29
'[' elements ']'
30
31
elements
32
element
33
element ',' elements
34
35
element
36
ws value ws
37
38
table
39
'---' wst newline table_contents newline wst '---'
40
41
table_contents
42
header newline rows
43
44
header
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field
46
field ',' header
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48
rows
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row
50
row newline rows
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field
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wst string wst
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wst string wst '.' field
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row
57
wst value wst
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wst value wst ',' row
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string
61
quoted_string
62
unquoted_string
63
64
quoted_string
65
'"' characters '"'
66
67
characters
68
""
69
character characters
70
71
character
72
'0020' . '10FFFF' - '"' - '\'
73
'\' escape
74
75
escape
76
'"'
77
'\'
78
'/'
79
'b'
80
'f'
81
'n'
82
'r'
83
't'
84
'u' hex hex hex hex
85
86
unquoted_string
87
unquoted_start
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unquoted_start unquoted_end
89
unquoted_start unquoted_chars unquoted_end
90
91
unquoted_start
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unquoted_char - wst - digit
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unquoted_end
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unquoted_char - wst
96
97
unquoted_chars
98
unquoted_char
99
unquoted_char unquoted_chars
100
101
unquoted_char
102
'0020' . '10FFFF' - delimiter
103
104
delimiter
105
'"'
106
','
107
'.'
108
':'
109
'-'
110
'['
111
']'
112
'{'
113
'}'
114
newline
115
116
hex
117
digit
118
'A' . 'F'
119
'a' . 'f'
120
121
number
122
integer fraction exponent
123
124
integer
125
digit
126
onenine digits
127
'-' digit
128
'-' onenine digits
129
130
digits
131
digit
132
digit digits
133
134
digit
135
'0'
136
onenine
137
138
onenine
139
'1' . '9'
140
141
fraction
142
""
143
'.' digits
144
145
exponent
146
""
147
'E' sign digits
148
'e' sign digits
149
150
sign
151
""
152
'+'
153
'-'
154
155
date
156
date 'T' time 'Z'
157
date 'T' time '.' milliseconds 'Z'
158
159
date
160
digit digit digit digit '-' digit digit '-' digit digit
161
162
time
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digit digit '-' digit digit '-' digit digit
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165
milliseconds
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digit digit digit
167
168
ws
169
""
170
space ws
171
tab ws
172
newline ws
173
carriagereturn ws
174
175
wst
176
""
177
space ws
178
tab ws
179
180
space
181
'0020'
182
183
tab
184
'0009'
185
186
newline
187
'000A'
188
189
carriagereturn
190
'000D'
191