partly probably just because JSON Pointer spec already exists it's used in OpenAPI specs apparently the goal was something that could be transferred in string

partly probably just because JSON Pointer spec already exists it's used in OpenAPI specs apparently the goal was something that could be transferred in string contexts like a URI fragment, as well as JSON https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6901#section-1 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6901#section-1