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diff --git a/edn.html.markdown b/edn.html.markdown index 79107269..04346eb8 100644 --- a/edn.html.markdown +++ b/edn.html.markdown @@ -3,13 +3,16 @@ language: edn filename: learnedn.edn contributors: - ["Jason Yeo", "https://github.com/jsyeo"] + - ["Jonathan D Johnston", "https://github.com/jdjohnston"] --- Extensible Data Notation (EDN) is a format for serializing data. -The notation is used internally by Clojure to represent programs. It is also -used as a data transfer format like JSON. Though it is more commonly used in -Clojure, there are implementations of EDN for many other languages. +EDN is a subset of the syntax used by Clojure. Reading data defined by EDN is +safer than that defined by the full Clojure syntax, especially from untrusted +sources. EDN is restricted to data, no code. It is similar in intent to JSON. +Though it is more commonly used in Clojure, there are implementations of EDN +for many other languages. The main benefit of EDN over JSON and YAML is that it is extensible. We will see how it is extended later on. |