I like json for data exchange, but I will never be able to endorse the notebook is a json document idea. It is the poster child for why you would want a docume

I like json for data exchange, but I will never be able to endorse the notebook is a json document idea. It is the poster child for why you would want a document markup language, and they said "why not encode it in a textual data language instead?" Yes, even in a document model, merge conflicts can give you invalid documents. Programmers deal with this every day when they create invalid programs. Trying to hide the document into data complicates that in ways that are obvious in hindsight, and not that surprising with foresight.