Webservices XML and how to do it better (was XML doesn't WORK !)

[David Bovill]

Found this interesting link while researching into Yahoo web services:

     http://www.crockford.com/JSON/xml.html

JSON is a simplified alternative to XML for date-interchange with the  
added advantage of working with the Javascript DOM., as such it seems  
a very good format for those interested in using XML for data- 
interchange between programs. In the web service / AJAX world this is  
even better as the format compiles directly to the javascript object  
model - so easy to use by your HTML pages.

What does this mean for Rev? Well - only just came across this link -  
but by using JSON instead of XML for your server side responses you  
have an even easier way to create both RunRev clients and AJAX style  
versions for web pages....


On 5 Jan 2006, at 20:35, Ken Ray wrote:

> Damien, you might be interested in my all-Transcript XML Library,  
> which by
> its very nature will work in all OSes. :-)
>
> Version 2.0 is soon to be released, so if you're interested,  
> contact me
> offlist.

Any chance of writing a JSON parser - should be super simple after  
all the hard work with XML :)