JSON or XML? Which is better?

Question

Which format is better to save and access data for a web application?

Is JSON more flexible or should XML be used?

They generally have the same flexibility for saving object trees unless you use very specific format features. — Alex P., Apr 05 '23 at 12:57

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 19 '16 at 18:33

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Choose XML if

An industry standard XSD exists.
You value more mature validation standard and tools.
You need to transform the data to another XML form. (XSLT is excellent for transformations.)
Or, you have to represent mixed content (tags mixed within text).

Choose JSON if

answered Aug 19 '16 at 18:33

kjhughes

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"more mature validation standards" @kjhughes - thanks for that information. – PrajD Aug 19 '16 at 18:50

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