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> XML where parsing is order of magniture more complex than JSON You're supposed to use an off-the-shelf XML/JSON parser, not write it yourself.

• JeremyBanks 8y ago
  Even if you don't parse it yourself, XMLs data model is usually more of a chore to consume.
  • tannhaeuser 8y ago
    XML/SGML is highly appropriate for representing rich text, though, which is the purpose of chat apps/logs. Using JSON you'd have to invent ad-hoc markup on top of JSON, loosing any advantage it may have.
    • Boulth 8y ago
      > Using JSON you'd have to invent ad-hoc markup on top of JSON That's basically a description of ActivityPub that wraps HTML in JSON!
      • hedora 8y ago
        Will activitypub let me do: <body> markdown text </body> And ship some js to convert to html?
        • Boulth 8y ago
          No, each server has their own rules what and how will they present content. Usually they accept limited subset of HTML and filter out everything else.
    • JeremyBanks 8y ago
      Nobody uses rich text formatting, and even if they did, the message body is only a small fraction of the total protocol content.