XML, JSON, or what?

[Frank Millman]

Frank Millman wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I am writing a multi-user accounting/business application, which uses
> sockets to communicate between server and client. The server contains
> all the business logic. It has no direct knowledge of the client. I
> have devised a simple message format to exchange information between
> the two.
>
[...]
>
> I would rather make a decision now, otherwise I will have a lot of
> changes to make later on. Does anyone have any recommendations?
>
> Thanks
>
> Frank Millman

Thanks for the replies, guys.

Albert, thank you for the pointer to XMPP. I had not heard of it, but
it looks very interesting. I will have to investigate further before
deciding whether it is right for my application. If not, JSON it is.

Frank