The IESG has received a request from the Applications Area Working Group WG (appsawg) to consider the following document: - 'JSON Merge Patch' <draft-ietf-appsawg-json-merge-patch-06.txt> as Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2014-08-08. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This specification defines the JSON merge patch format and processing rules. The merge patch format is primarily intended for use with the HTTP PATCH method as a means of describing a set of modifications to a target resource's content. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-appsawg-json-merge-patch/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-appsawg-json-merge-patch/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.