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by bmn__ 2656 days ago
> XML where parsing is order of magniture more complex than JSON

You're supposed to use an off-the-shelf XML/JSON parser, not write it yourself.
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JeremyBanks 2656 days ago
Even if you don't parse it yourself, XMLs data model is usually more of a chore to consume.
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tannhaeuser 2656 days ago
XML/SGML is highly appropriate for representing rich text, though, which is the purpose of chat apps/logs. Using JSON you'd have to invent ad-hoc markup on top of JSON, loosing any advantage it may have.
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JeremyBanks 2656 days ago
Nobody uses rich text formatting, and even if they did, the message body is only a small fraction of the total protocol content.
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Boulth 2656 days ago
> Using JSON you'd have to invent ad-hoc markup on top of JSON

That's basically a description of ActivityPub that wraps HTML in JSON!

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hedora 2656 days ago
Will activitypub let me do:

  <body> markdown text </body>
And ship some js to convert to html?
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Boulth 2655 days ago
No, each server has their own rules what and how will they present content. Usually they accept limited subset of HTML and filter out everything else.
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