Parsing JSON is a Minefield
This is the one thing that the JSON-against-XML holy warriors need to understand properly. Yes, JSON&#x27;s less verbose; yes, it&#x27;s just &quot;plain text&quot; (in as much as there is such a thing); yes, XML makes you put closing tags in - but if you need reliable parsing and rock-solid specifications (and it&#x27;s reasonably likely that you do, even if you think you don&#x27;t...), then XML, for all its faults, is very likely the better way.