The raw JSON serialized that ships by default with Slate. It converts a [`State`](../models/state.md) into a JSON object.
In the raw format, text is represented as "ranges", which are a more compact way to represent the formatting applied to characters than the immutable model Slate uses internally.
When saving the data to size-sensitive places, you the raw serializer can be told to omit properties that aren't _strictly_ required to deserialize later, reducing the serialized data's size. For example, if the dictionary of [`Data`](../models/data.md) for a [`Node`](../models/node.md) is empty, it will be omitted.
"text": "control over the logic you can add. For example, it's fairly common to want to add markdown-like shortcuts to editors. So that, when you start a line with \"> \" you get a blockquote that looks like this:"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"kind": "block",
"type": "block-quote",
"nodes": [
{
"kind": "text",
"ranges": [
{
"text": "A wise quote."
}
]
}
]
},
{
"kind": "block",
"type": "paragraph",
"nodes": [
{
"kind": "text",
"ranges": [
{
"text": "Order when you start a line with \"## \" you get a level-two heading, like this:"
Deserialize a raw JSON `object` into a [`State`](../models/state.md). You must pass the `terse: true` option if you want to deserialize a state that was previously serialized with `terse: true`.
Serialize a `state` into a raw JSON object. If you pass the `terse: true` option, the serialized format will omit properties that aren't _strictly_ required to deserialize later, reducing the serialized data's size. For example, if the dictionary of [`Data`](../models/data.md) for a [`Node`](../models/node.md) is empty, it will be omitted.
