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For example the order of keys in a object should never be taken as granted since order is arbitrary in JSON and every parser and serializer might handle it differently. Thats an example of variation, which should have zero impact on applications.

You're right, of course. One of the charms of json over XML is that json is also human readable (sort of). Some humans like to have order, especially those, like myself, bordering on OCD ;-).
I've added a sort option to my own little json parser/formatter (which, of course, preserves the order) for easier comparison of the deCONZ output vs the Hue bridge output. Not being able to compare the output key by key, I actually missed the fact that deCONZ uses manufacturer whereas Hue uses manufacturername.

from deconz-rest-plugin.