What are good alternative data formats to XML? [closed]

Answer 1

If someone looking up less verbose alternative to XML, which is more or less isomorphic to XML, then there is AXON. In order to explain consider examples of equivalent representations in both XML and AXON. There is also python library pyaxon that support AXON format.

XML

   Alex
   34
   mail@example.com

AXON

person {
  name {"Alex"}
  age {34}
  email {"mail@example.com"}}

XML

The Whole Worldus@world.org


Dawgdawg158@aol.com


Dear sir, you won the internet. http://is.gd/fh0

AXON

memo {
  date:2008-02-14
  from {
    name{"The Whole World"} email{"us@world.org"}}
  to {
    name{"Dawg"} email{"dawg158@aol.com"}}
  message {"Dear sir, you won the internet. http://is.gd/fh0"}
}

XML

  
    
    
    
  
  
    
      2002-10-04
      
      
      Draw
    
    
      2002-10-06
      
      
      White
    
  

AXON

club {
  players {
    player {
      id:"kramnik"
      name:"Vladimir Kramnik"
      rating:2700
      status:"GM"}
    player {
      id:"fritz"
      name:"Deep Fritz"
      rating:2700
      status:"Computer"}
    player {
      id:"mertz"
      name:"David Mertz"
      rating:1400 
      status:"Amateur"}}
  matches {
    match {
     Date{2002-10-04}
     White{refid:"fritz"}
     Black{refid:"kramnik"}
     Result{"Draw"}}
    match {
      Date{2002-10-06}
      White{refid:"kramnik"}
      Black{refid:"fritz"}
      Result{"White"}}}}