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AI's take on XML
(lemmy.world)
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IMHO: XML is a file format, JSON is a data transfer format. Reinventing things like RSS or SVG to use JSON wouldn't be helpful, but using XML to communicate between your app's frontend and backend wouldn't be either.
We were using XML for that before JSON.
Yes and it is a good thing we don't anymore.
Why? JSON hasn't given us anything XML hasn't, except maybe a bit of terseness.
I do agree SOAP is a bit over engineered, though, but that's not the fault of XML.
XML is much more annoying to read/write by hand
As a pentester, if I see XML in HTTP I start crying.