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		michaelmior on Oct 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When XML Beats JSON: UI Layouts The XML example seemed odd to me as written. In the JSON case, yes there was a prefixed key "$reports", but it told me what the relationship was. Looking at the XML, what does it mean for an Employee to be nested inside another Employee?

jimktrains2 on Oct 30, 2019 [–]

Sounds like the list of employees should have been nested in a <reports> and not left directly inside the employee.

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