XML vs JSON

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<program event="openfest" year="2014">  
  <time start="10:15:00" end="11:00:00" >
    <lecture id="2" hall="Sofia" language="en" category="social">
      <title>This is our future</title>
      <description>Is's about time for a cultural change. It's time to get your privacy 
back.</description>
      <author>
        <name>CryptoParty Berlin</name>
        <bio>CryptoParty started two years ago in Australia and has since spread around
 the world.</bio>
        <img>http://www.openfest.org/wp-content/CryptopartyGenericLogo.png</img>
      </author>
    </lecture>
  </time>
</program>

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структурираност
валидация
трансформация

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тежест
повече памет
по-голяма изчислителна мощност

тагове

атрибути

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XPath

{
  "program": {
    "event": "openfest",
    "year": 2014,
    "time": {
      "start": "10:15:00",
      "end": "11:00:00",
      "lecture": {
        "id": 2,
        "hall": "Sofia",
        "language": "en",
        "category": "social",
        "title": "This is our future",
        "description": "Is's about time for a cultural change. It's time to get your privacy 
back.",
        "author": {
          "name": "CryptoParty Berlin",
          "bio": "CryptoParty started two years ago in Australia and has since spread around
 the world.",
          "img": "http://www.openfest.org/wp-content/CryptopartyGenericLogo.png"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

JSON