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    10 days ago

    Since XML can have attributes and children, it’s not as easy to convert to JSON.

    Your JSON example is more akin to:

    <address street_address="21 2nd Street" city="New York" ...></address>
    
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      9 days ago

      Hmm, so in tree terms, each node has two distinct types of children, only one of which can have their own children. That sounds more ambiguity-introducing than helpful to me, but that’s just a matter of taste. Can you do lists in XML as well?

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        29 days ago

        No arrays are not allowed. Attributes can only be strings. But the children are kind of an array.