> Sure: standards for xml schema and xpath are pretty nice but there are json equivalents which don't have to deal with elements and attributes. Not quite ther

> Sure: standards for xml schema and xpath are pretty nice but there are json equivalents which don't have to deal with elements and attributes. Not quite there yet. Jsonpath is still not standardized (although a colleague of mine is working on it) and the many implementations out there disagree with each other. (That said, I do agree with the general sentiment against XML)