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@@ -4196,7 +4196,9 @@ SET xmloption TO { DOCUMENT | CONTENT };
</indexterm>
<para>
- The <type>json</type> data type can be used to store JSON data. Such
+ The <type>json</type> data type can be used to store JSON (JavaScript
+ Object Notation) data, as specified in <ulink
+ url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.txt">RFC 4627</ulink>. Such
data can also be stored as <type>text</type>, but the
<type>json</type> data type has the advantage of checking that each
stored value is a valid JSON value. There are also related support