![]() ![]() Storing at a large scale can then become a problem due to these large formatting patterns. In the formatting we see below, the structure of the XML document itself composes more characters than the actual data we’re interested in. More so than JSON, XML is extremely verbose, which makes it a sub-optimal format where file size is a consideration. XML is the default output format for SOAP APIs but it has become less common with the rise of REST and GraphQL. And like JSON, complex data types are easily configurable. XML’s structure uses tags that are readable, which makes manually traversing the data really easy. Whereas HTML describes how a web page should be organized, XML describes how data should be organized. ![]() ![]() You may never have heard of XML before, but you’re probably familiar (if only in passing) with it’s cousin, HTML. So what are these types, why would you favor them and what do their nifty acronyms mean? JSON – JavaScript Object Notation Chances are, you’ve had to deal with data in one of these forms. Hackers (or in the business world, analysts) generally encounter four main formats of data: JSON, XML, CSV and TSV. You wouldn’t be faulted for thinking that this is the world data engineers live in, but in reality, it’s far less exciting. Think of a hacker in almost any B-Level action movie: Swordfish, The Core, Fast + Furious 2-8 … there’s always that skinny, nervous (or needlessly trendy) guy watching 0111001101100001 scroll past him endlessly. ![]()
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