Comment by consteval
5 months ago
> so without tool support you can't navigate to a reference target
Maybe, but XML tools are also just superior to JSON counterparts. XPath is fantastic, and so is XSD and XSLT. I also quite like the integration with .NET.
My general experience with JSON as a configuration language has been sad. It's a step back from XML in a lot of ways.
yes, XML is very mature, and fun if you have access to advanced tools.
however most oss builds on libxml which is stuck in xslt 1 and xpath 2 iirc...
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