A leading $ decides JSONPath from property path
The rule
Normative: this is the rule
- A path is a JSONPath query if and only if the string, once trimmed of surrounding whitespace, begins with
$. - Every other path is a property path.
Rule identifiers are permanent and are never renumbered. Each implementation publishes its own standing against these rules; this specification does not.spec 1.0-draft · LANG-14 · changed in spec 1.0