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I don't even want to use XML if it was not because our users use XML rather than JSON. I'm also considering a JSON version for this as an alternative and for the future organizations that would need integration between their system to our system.

rpmansion
– rpmansion

2017-05-19 01:16:46 +00:00
Commented May 19, 2017 at 1:16
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@rpmansion Right I saw your reason for using it which is why I gave you my recommendations. If you want to create a JSON version of this, you might want to start with JSON and then back-port it to XML. JSON is more syntactically simple (which is it's advantage in this case.) It's possible to build XML structures that cannot be directly translated to JSON or are awkward. Being a little passive-aggressive about it and pointing out that you have XML simply to support 'old' ways of doing things is probably OK here.

JimmyJames
– JimmyJames

2017-05-19 14:55:51 +00:00
Commented May 19, 2017 at 14:55

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