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Comment by bbcbasic | Hacker News Reader
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bbcbasic
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Bah! Why JSON not XML?
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RandomOpinion
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Already exists, it's called SCXML and is a W3C standard.
https://www.w3.org/TR/scxml/
danielpatrick
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... what is a single reason to use XML over JSON beyond legacy purposes?
bbcbasic
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Schema. Validation.
jack9
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JSON Schema validation exists (e.g. the IAB standards).
joe-user
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Extensibility.
chajath
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Job security
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