Re: OT: xml format question

"Practical difference" would depend on what you want to do with the XML.

For example, if you want to extract information from the XML, the XPath queries would be different for the two XML formats.

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Re^2: OT: xml format question by fionbarr (Friar) on May 21, 2013 at 13:54 UTC
is that the primary reason you would choose one over the other?	[reply]
Re^3: OT: xml format question by Corion (Patriarch) on May 21, 2013 at 13:58 UTC
If I were to choose, I wouldn't choose XML at all. JSON seems much nicer and less verbose to me, and it has far less choices like encoding, entities, comments and references to external things. It lacks schema definitions and tooling though.	[reply]
Re^4: OT: xml format question by Anonymous Monk on May 21, 2013 at 21:46 UTC
It lacks schema definitions and tooling though. :D JSON::JOM, JSON::Schema, JSON::Path	[reply]
Re^5: OT: xml format question by Corion (Patriarch) on May 22, 2013 at 06:44 UTC
Re^6: OT: xml format question by Anonymous Monk on May 22, 2013 at 06:51 UTC
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