A JSON data store is a database that provides the capabilities to store, process, and manage data in JSON format. The DB2® JSON feature for DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows enables a DB2 database to serve as a JSON data store.
JSON documents in the data store are stored in a binary format (extended BSON). The JSON documents can be managed and queried with a Java™ API that supports a JSON-oriented query language that is derived from the popular MongoDB query language. The DB2 JSON Java API is the backbone for extra application interfaces, such as the command-line interface and the wire listener.