Difference between JSON and XML

Let us understand the difference between JSON and XML web technologies. Here’s a brief overview on JSON vs XML with a complete description and examples as well.

XML

XML is an abbreviation for Extensible Markup Language and was developed by the World Wide Web Consortium.

XML is primarily used to store and transport data from one application to another application over the Internet.

XML format has become a standard for many of the daily tools that we use such as:

1. Open Office
2. Apple iWork
3. Microsoft Office
4. LibreOffice

The Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) widely used XML for inter connectivity and transporting data between multiple applications.

The file extension for XML documents is .xml.

Example:

XML typically looks like as shown in below example.

<car>
   <company>Maruti Suzuki</company>
   <name>Swift Dzire</name>
   <price>800000</price>
</car>

JSON

JSON on the other hand is a lightweight data interchange format which is much more easier for computers to parse the data that is being transmitted.

JSON is developed by Douglas Crockford.

JSON format is self describing and is comparatively much easier to read than XML formatted documents.

JavaScript uses JSON.parse() function to convert JSON formatted string into native JavaScript objects.

JSON documents are essentially described using Name and Value pairs.

The file extension for JSON documents is .json.

Example:

JSON typically looks like as shown in below example.

{
   "company": "Maruti Suzuki",
   "name": "Swift Dzire",
   "price": 800000
}

Difference between JSON and XML

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This article is submitted by Tushar Soni, he has a programming blog Coding Alpha.

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