BSON (Binary JSON) is a binary data standard for describing structured data made of key-value pairs, lists, and various scalar data types, inspired by the JSON standard.

The general-purpose commands Import and Export permit parsing and generating BSON files and expressions.

Specifically, BSON byte arrays are mapped to Arrays and and BSON date/time values are mapped to Time objects.

Content-Type: application/bson

$\mathrm{byteArr}≔\mathrm{Array}\left(\left[19\,0\,0\,0\,16\,120\,0\,-116\,0\,0\,0\,16\,121\,0\,-79\,-1\,-1\,-1\,0\right]\,\mathrm{datatype}\={\mathrm{integer}}_1\right)$

$\mathrm{byteArr}≔\left[\begin{array}{ccccccccccccccccccc}19& 0& 0& 0& 16& 120& 0& \mathrm{-116}& 0& 0& 0& 16& 121& 0& \mathrm{-79}& \mathrm{-1}& \mathrm{-1}& \mathrm{-1}& 0\end{array}\right]$

$\mathrm{Import}\left(\mathrm{byteArr}\,\mathrm{format}\=''BSON''\,\mathrm{source}\=\mathrm{direct}\right)$

$table\left(\left[''y''=\mathrm{-79}\,''x''=140\right]\right)$

$\mathrm{UNDHR}≔\mathrm{Import}\left(''example/UNDHR.bson''\,\mathrm{base}\=\mathrm{datadir}\right)$

$\mathrm{UNDHR}≔table\left(\left[''location''=table\left(\left[''city''=''Paris''\&comma;''address''=''1\; Place\; du\; Trocadéro\; et\; du\; 11\; Novembre''\&comma;''name''=''Palais\; de\; Chaillot''\&comma;''country''=''France''\right]\right)\&comma;''event''=''United\; Nations\; Declaration\; of\; Human\; Rights''\&comma;''ratification''=\mathrm{<Time:\; 1970-01-01T00:00:00\; -\; 664549200000\; ms>}\right]\right)$

$\mathrm{Date}\left({\mathrm{UNDHR}}_{''ratification''}\right)$

$\mathrm{<Date:\; 1948-12-10T11:00:00\; GMT>}$

$\mathrm{Mouse}≔\mathrm{table}\left(\left[''Genus''\&equals;''Mus''\&comma;''Species''\&equals;''musculus''\right]\right)$

$\mathrm{Mouse}≔table\left(\left[''Genus''=''Mus''\&comma;''Species''=''musculus''\right]\right)$

${\mathrm{Mouse}}_{''Family''}≔''Muridae''$

${\mathrm{Mouse}}_{''Family''}≔''Muridae''$

${\mathrm{Mouse}}_{''Order''}≔''Rodentia''$

${\mathrm{Mouse}}_{''Order''}≔''Rodentia''$

${\mathrm{Mouse}}_{''Class''}≔''Mammalia''$

${\mathrm{Mouse}}_{''Class''}≔''Mammalia''$

$\mathrm{Export}\left(''mouse.bson''\&comma;\mathrm{Mouse}\&comma;\mathrm{base}\&equals;\mathrm{homedir}\right)$

$81$