Yeah, that's cool and all, but I avoided using XML with attributes because attributes can't / don't nest. { name: 'joe', dob: { m: 1, d: 2, y: 1934 } } <user

Yeah, that's cool and all, but I avoided using XML with attributes because attributes can't / don't nest. { name: 'joe', dob: { m: 1, d: 2, y: 1934 } } <user name='joe' dob='...???...'> <user><name>joe</name><dob><m>1</m><d>2</d><y>1934</y></dob></user> I actually wasn't trying to make the "XML is bigger" joke because that isn't what's important to me. Structurally XML is harder to use.