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Re: JSON, tides and XML

• From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>
• To: "xml-dev@lists.xml.org" <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
• Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:18:25 -0400

On 4/29/13 12:33 AM, w3c@drrw.info wrote:
> You are obviously a coffee drinker and I'm offering you teas to sample!

Indeed, and thank you for your calmly uncaffeinated (sounding) response.

> Maybe that is the real answer here -
>
> Q. Want to do standards based exchanges?
>
>     Yes - pick XML
>
>     No - roll your own JSON
>
> I'm cool with that ; -)

Sure - but I think it's the wrong question.

Even without "standards based", there's an argument for XML, but it's 
all about transformations and mixed content.

I'll certainly take JSON's "not trying to create standards" approach, 
though!

Thanks,
-- 
Simon St.Laurent
http://simonstl.com/

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