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+4  Q: 

What is the name of such notation?

JSON web site uses very clear notation to describe JSON's syntax:

http://www.json.org/object.gif

What is the name of such notation? Is this is just a graphical presentation of BNF or it has it's own name?

+5  A: 

These are called Syntax Diagrams (or railroad diagrams)

"are a way to represent a context-free grammar. They represent a graphical alternative to Backus–Naur Form or EBNF"

David Sykes  2010-06-22 10:52:41
+2  A: 

they are called "railroad diagrams"

Nikolaus Gradwohl  2010-06-22 11:06:38

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