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Re:The entire US Code is now online in XML by sigzero on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @02:40PM (#6135935)
Why? JSON should just be for data transfers. XML is for document formats. While the lines get seriously blurred that is there general use.
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Re:The entire US Code is now online in XML by pnathan on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @02:43PM (#6135955)
Agreed, for long running data sets you really want schemas.
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Re:The entire US Code is now online in XML by jimktrains2 on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @02:56PM (#6136036)
There are Json schema implementations out there.
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Re:The entire US Code is now online in XML by specialp on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @03:08PM (#6136122)
There are but XML schemas are well understood, standardized and have been around for a long time. Even if they did this project today, XML is the right choice due to its maturity and suitability for documents.
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