Messages - 4 no defined use of serialized output

[Former user]

Section 4 Serializations states that:

"Each message can be serialized either in query parameter serialization or JSON serialization ..."

Also Section 3 Messages says:

"Both Request and Response may either be serialized into Query String Serialization or JSON"

The output of serialization (serialized messages) has no defined use; the spec tells me that I can perform two serialization operations on messages, but not where/what the serialized form is used for.

Are serialized messages supposed to be used for a specific purpose/processing (where/how)?

or

Can serialized messages be used interchangeably instead of normal, non-serialized messages? (OAuth 2 allows JSON only for access token responses.)

[Nat Sakimura]

Move Section 4 to the Standard.

[Edmund Jay]

fixes #197 and capitalization corrections

→ 77fdff4c353e