In fact, there doesn't seem to be a spec or standard for it, outside of the de facto standard used by Clojure and the programs in its orbit. I guess nobody's bothered to write a standard, because the people who are already using EDN are doing fine without one, and the people who aren't either don't know what it is or don't see its value.
[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clojure#Extensible_Data_Nota...
In fact, there doesn't seem to be a spec or standard for it, outside of the de facto standard used by Clojure and the programs in its orbit. I guess nobody's bothered to write a standard, because the people who are already using EDN are doing fine without one, and the people who aren't either don't know what it is or don't see its value.