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In Part 1 of this article, we took a closer look at the evolution of Web 1.0 to 2.0, and how its growing pains gave rise to XML and JSON. With JavaScript’s influence on software trends in the last decade, JSON continues to receive increasingly more attention than any other data interchange format. The blogosphere proclaims countless articles comparing the two standards and amounts to a progressively expanding bias praising JSON’s simplicity and criticizing XML’s verbosity. Is JSON simply better than XML? A deeper look at data interchange will reveal the strengths and weaknesses of JSON and XML, as well as the suitability of each standard for common applications versus the enterprise.

In Part 2 of this article, we will:

Evaluate the fundamental differences between JSON and XML, and relate the suitability of each standard for simple applications and the complex. Explore how JSON and XML affect the software risk

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