[peterashford]

I disagree. At least in an ought vs is sense: it's entirely the kind of format that I would create as an editable format. As witnessed by the fact that my workmates and I did create very nearly JSON previously as a file format in the 90s (but for C code programs)

[Kwpolska]

For a very narrow target audience (programmers), JSON is fine. If you want the file to be edited by anyone else, JSON is pain.