Internet Object 1.0

Thin, schema-first and robust data-interchange object format for Internet

Internet Object is a text-based, schema-first, document-oriented data interchange format — JSON's readability without its repeated keys, missing schema, absent comments, or lack of streaming. This site is the official specification and serves as the format's reference documentation.

Status. This is the 1.0 Draft of the specification, published alongside the public beta of the reference implementation. The specification and the implementation are still converging, so some pages note behavior that is ahead of the current implementation. Implementations version independently and declare the specification version they conform to.

Start here

• Manifesto — the convictions behind the format, and why it exists

• Why Internet Object? — how it compares to JSON, CSV, and YAML

• Getting Started — a five-minute tour in pure Internet Object

• Internet Object Document — the structure of a document

• Schema Definition Language — types, constraints, and validation

• Conformance Requirements — what a conformant implementation must do

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Author and Researcher	Mohamed Aamir Maniar at ManiarTech® Lab
Contact	[email protected]
Version	1.0 Draft
Status	Work-in-Progress Draft
Last updated	2026-06-05
Website	https://internetobject.org
Docs	https://github.com/maniartech/InternetObject-specs
License	Spec: CC BY-ND 4.0 · Examples: CC0 · Libraries: Apache-2.0