Mat, Some Quick facts as an explanation, and for anyone passing Why JSON?, some ways we use them
- JSON tiddlers can contain JSON data as per JSON standards. - JSON is an alternative way to store additional data in a single tiddler like when it is used as a dtatiddler - In TiddlyWiki a particular use of JSON is to pack one or more tiddlers into a single tiddler by converting them to a JSON format known by Tiddlywiki. - Export multiple tiddlers to JSON will create one of these JSONs containing multiple tiddlers. - Dragging such a JSON file onto a Wiki will trigger import and you can selectively import tiddlers from within that "bundle". - Dragging and dropping tiddlers on to a TiddlyWiki actually creates a temporary JSON tiddler full of the tiddlers the advantage being the tiddlers are now in your wiki but remain contained within the temporary JSON file until you finish importing them. I can add more but I need to reboot my computer... On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 11:32:17 AM UTC+10, Mat wrote: > > What is the point with JSON tiddlers over regular tiddlers? What do they > enable and what limitations are there? > > One point that I do get is that other software often has the possibility > to export/import JSON so it could enable data transfer with TW. > > There does not seem to be an advantage when it comes to data tiddlers > because the JSON data tiddlers can only be on the JSON root level whereas a > regular tiddler is deeper. > > One reason why I'm asking is because I hope to build a UI for Jeds > FederationCore > plugin > <https://ooktech.xyz:8443/Public#%24%3A%2Fplugins%2FFederation%2FFederationCore> > > that extracts data from the so called tiddler "bundle" which is the format > that fetched tiddlers come in. Bundles can be packed into a special bundle > format or into JSON. > > Thank you! > > <:-) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywikidev/5b4e0f71-ed8d-442f-a27c-2ed379b60b81%40googlegroups.com.
