JSONlab: compact, portable, robust JSON/binary-JSON encoder/decoder for MATLAB/Octave

JSONLab is a free and open-source JSON/UBJSON/MessagePack encoder and decoder written in the native MATLAB language. It can be used to convert a MATLAB data structure (array, struct, cell, struct array, cell array, and objects) into JSON/UBJSON/MessagePack formatted strings and files, or to parse a JSON/UBJSON/MessagePack file into MATLAB data structure. JSONLab supports nearly all versions of MATLAB and GNU Octave (a free MATLAB clone).

The development of JSONLab is currently funded by the US National Institute of Health (NIH) as part of the NeuroJSON project (data portal https://neurojson.io) under grant U24-NS124027. The goal of the NeuroJSON project is to develop scalable, searchable, and reusable neuroimaging data formats and data sharing platforms. All data produced from the NeuroJSON project will be using JSON/Binary JData formats as the underlying serialization standards and the lightweight JData specification as language-independent data annotation standard, all of which have been evolved from the over a decade development of JSONLab.

JSONlab was developed by Qianqian Fang.

Why JSON?

• JSON is both human and machine readable; it ensures the long-term reusability of the stored data;
• JSON is universally parsable and has a vast toolchain ecosystem, supporting nearly all programming languages;
• With modern NoSQL databases, JSON-encoded data can be searched and exchanged in large scale;
• JSON data are web-friendly as it can be directly invoked (inline or load from remote site) in JavaScript

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