The more things change, the more they stay the same. If we lived in XHTML 2.0 universe instead of HTML5 universe, then that would be the way you do things. Not

The more things change, the more they stay the same. If we lived in XHTML 2.0 universe instead of HTML5 universe, then that would be the way you do things. Not with SQL and JSON mind you, but with XML everywhere. I had a glimpse into that world and it looked pretty good at the time. XML databases + XQuery can produce whatever you want as long as it's XML. And XML could be many things. Many horrible things too, made by people with arms growing out of places they shouldn't.