为什么 HTTP 表示 json 用的是 application/json 而不是 text/json 呢？

Question

MIME 类型

类型	描述	典型示例
text	表明文件是普通文本，理论上是人类可读	text/plain, text/html, text/css, text/javascript
image	表明是某种图像。不包括视频，但是动态图（比如动态 gif）也使用 image 类型	image/gif, image/png, image/jpeg, image/bmp, image/webp, image/x-icon, image/vnd.microsoft.icon
audio	表明是某种音频文件	audio/midi, audio/mpeg, audio/webm, audio/ogg, audio/wav
video	表明是某种视频文件	video/webm, video/ogg
application	表明是某种二进制数据	application/octet-stream, application/pkcs12, application/vnd.mspowerpoint, application/xhtml+xml, application/xml, application/pdf

json 是人类可读的，而不是二进制

Answer 1

RFC 4627 第 6 章

Encoding considerations: 8bit if UTF-8; binary if UTF-16 or UTF-32

JSON may be represented using UTF-8, UTF-16, or UTF-32. When JSON
is written in UTF-8, JSON is 8bit compatible. When JSON is
written in UTF-16 or UTF-32, the binary content-transfer-encoding
must be used.