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XML and JSON are for serialization. zip and sqlite, and file-system files, are for lossless persistence. They're separate issues. An app can go bananas with se
by OliverJones 3y ago
XML and JSON are for serialization. zip and sqlite, and file-system files, are for lossless persistence. They're separate issues.
An app can go bananas with serialization and use, I dunno, binary JSON or Matroska / ebml or .mp4 containers or whatever, and still serialize any way it wants.