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Re: json v. xml

• From: Rick Marshall <rjm@z...>
• To: Robert Koberg <rob@k...>
• Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:25:26 +1100

I use XML for data and docs. As far as I can see JSON makes my life 
easier for 10% (or less) of my needs at the cost of learning yet another 
technology.

There's a real advantage in a technology (XML) for all seasons.

There again I guess if all I did was program AJAX, JSON might be better. 
At the moment it's yet another language (YAL). And therefore it makes 
life in the world at large more, not less complex.

Rick

Robert Koberg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It seems a lot it is being said about JSON being a better browser 
> format than XML. Dare Obesanjo makes the best points in favor of JSON 
> - mainly that you can cross domains easily.
>
> But with JSON:
>
> - how do you get the parent object?
> - how can you go directly to an object? (perhaps it is deeply nested 
> in an array, in an object, in an array)
> - how do you transform it for a view? do you write your own 
> transformation language each time?
>
> Does any of the above matter for JSON?
>
> Will an eval'ed JSON object(s) eventually look like a DOM object?
>
> -Rob
>
>
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