Different between xml and json?

Naresh Beniwal

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Rajeev Kumar3y ago
The biggest difference is: XML has to be parsed with an XML parser. JSON can be parsed by a standard JavaScript function.
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Below are few differences between JSON and XML:

JSON	XML
It is JavaScript Object Notation	It is Extensible markup language
It is based on JavaScript language.	It is derived from SGML.
It is a way of representing objects.	It is a markup language and uses tag structure to represent data items.
It does not provides any support for namespaces.	It supports namespaces.
It supports array.	It doesn’t supports array.
Its files are very easy to read as compared to XML.	Its documents are comparatively difficult to read and interpret.
It doesn’t use end tag.	It has start and end tags.
It is less secured.	It is more secured than JSON.
It doesn’t supports comments.	It supports comments.
It supports only UTF-8 encoding.	It supports various encoding.

Jaydeep Patil4y ago
Check the following URL for better understanding with example

https://hackr.io/blog/json-vs-xml
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Alkesh Bijarniya4y ago
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/difference-between-json-and-xml/
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Vishal Yelve4y ago
Please refee below links

http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/protocols-formats/difference-between-json-and-xml/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.geeksforgeeks.org/difference-between-json-and-xml/amp/

https://www.guru99.com/json-vs-xml-difference.html
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Rajanikant Hawaldar4y ago
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/interview-question/difference-between-json-and-xml
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Amit Mohanty4y ago
Check the below article

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/difference-between-json-and-xml/
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Sachin Singh4y ago
What is similar in them except that both are used as representations to send data over http or other protocol ??
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