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PDB at a glance
PDB
The Palm computing era produced its own document and content ecosystems, and PDB is one of the container patterns that survived from that world.
JSON at a glance
JSON
RFC 8259 describes JSON as derived from ECMAScript object literals and notes its design goals as minimal, portable, textual, and a subset of JavaScript.
Format comparison
| Feature | PDB | JSON |
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| File type | Ebook | Other |
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| Created year | 1996 | 2001 |
| Inventor | Palm | Douglas Crockford |
| Status | active | active |
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| Reflowable text | Supported | Not supported |
| Structured data | Not supported | Supported |
When to use each format
When to use PDB
- Your source file is already in PDB.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to JSON.
- PDB is commonly used in ebook workflows.
When to use JSON
- Your target workflow expects JSON.
- Improve delivery compatibility with JSON.
- JSON is commonly used in other workflows.
FAQs
Why convert PDB to JSON?
Convert to JSON when data needs to move between systems, APIs, scripts, and applications in a structured but broadly compatible format.
It is ideal for payloads, configuration, manifests, exports, and machine-readable documents that need to be easy to parse programmatically.
Use it when interoperability and structured automation matter more than comments or document-style readability.
What changes when converting PDB to JSON?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
Moving to JSON removes reflowable text. Moving to JSON adds structured data.
What should I review after converting PDB to JSON?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.