Re: [xml-dev] It's too late to improve XML ... lessons learned?

[Roger L Costello <costello@mitre.org>]

Liam Quin wrote:
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If you're writing a program, it's super easy to load JSON in most
languages into native objects. But it's not super easy to load XML. 
JSON is quick and dirty, load-and-use, easy for a developer. But 
XML takes planning and thinking.

JSON is great for ad-hoc formats designed by a developer for one 
particular use. JSON is program-centric, whereas XML is document-
centric. JSON is primarily for data that appears, is transmitted, and 
vanishes in a fleeting moment. XML is primarily for data that endures.
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Excellent! Spot-on.