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# Overview
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Though JSON is a ubiquitous data format, it is not a very compact format suitable for data exchange, for instance over a network. Hence, the library supports
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- [BSON](bson.md) (Binary JSON),
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- [CBOR](cbor.md) (Concise Binary Object Representation),
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- [MessagePack](messagepack.md), and
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- [UBJSON](ubjson.md) (Universal Binary JSON)
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to efficiently encode JSON values to byte vectors and to decode such vectors.
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## Comparison
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### Completeness
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| Format | Serialization | Deserialization |
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| ----------- |---------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
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| BSON | incomplete: top-level value must be an object | incomplete, but all JSON types are supported |
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| CBOR | complete | incomplete, but all JSON types are supported |
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| MessagePack | complete | complete |
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| UBJSON | complete | complete |
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### Binary values
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| Format | Binary values | Binary subtypes |
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| ----------- | ------------- | --------------- |
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| BSON | supported | supported |
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| CBOR | supported | supported |
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| MessagePack | supported | supported |
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| UBJSON | not supported | not supported |
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See [binary values](../binary_values.md) for more information.
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### Sizes
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| Format | canada.json | twitter.json | citm_catalog.json | jeopardy.json |
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| ------------------ | ----------- | ------------ | ----------------- | ------------- |
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| BSON | 85,8 % | 95,2 % | 95,8 % | 106,7 % |
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| CBOR | 50,5 % | 86,3 % | 68,4 % | 88,0 % |
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| MessagePack | 50,6 % | 86,0 % | 68,5 % | 87,9 % |
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| UBJSON | 53,2 % | 91,3 % | 78,2 % | 96,6 % |
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| UBJSON (size) | 58,6 % | 92,3 % | 86,8 % | 97,4 % |
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| UBJSON (size+type) | 55,9 % | 92,3 % | 85,0 % | 95,0 % |
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Sizes compared to minified JSON value.
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