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>Since there does not exist a standard for path syntax, ReJSON implements its own.

Well there's this: JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Pointer RFC https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901

Looks like ReJSON just uses periods instead of slashes as the delimiter, except for also using a period for the root object.

We wanted to start with something simple and intuitive, and since we're not doing indexing yet, we figured complex multi-selectors are an overkill at this stage. What we chose is basically the most rudimentary subset of JsonPath.

Once we'll add indexing I'm guessing the path expressions will need to become more complicated, and we'll try to choose a "standard" and stick with it.

I think JsonPath is a great start and I hope you continue to support it. I'm excited to see JSON in Redis and plan on kicking the tires very soon.

Thanks! What I'm looking forward is adding secondary indexing to this module :)

Thank you, I didn't know about that one... good thing HN has comments :) Do you know if anybody is actually using RFC6901?

JSON Schema uses the Pointer spec for references.

JSON Patch (http://jsonpatch.com/) also uses it.

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