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		arethuza on Oct 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When XML Beats JSON: UI Layouts Why not just: [ "div", "The ", [ "a", { "href": "https://www.json.org/" }, "JSON format" ], " was invented by ", [ "em", "Douglas Crockford" ], "." ] First thing in array is element, if there is an object at the second location then that's the attributes?

52-6F-62 on Oct 30, 2019 [–]

Yeah that seems to make the most sense. I had to actually work it out before I saw it. I was looking for some further separation beyond indices but I just ended up over-thinking it.

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