Difference between XML and JSON

XML	JSON
XML is more verbose than JSON	JSON is less verbose than XML
XML is tree based	JSON’s data structure is a map
Xml was designed to carry or store data.	JSON was designed to carry and display data.
Xml is based on SGML	JSON is text based following Java Script Object Notation.
Xml supports namespace	JSON doesn’t support any namespace
Xml supports comments	JSON doesn’t supports comments.
Xml supports Start and End Tags	JSON doesn’t support End tags
Xml doesn’t support array	JSON supports array
XML has to be parsed with XML parser.	JSON can be parsed by a standard JavaScript function.
Parsing process - Fetch an XML document Use the XML DOM to loop through the document Extract values and store in variables	Parsing process - Fetch a JSON string Parse the JSON string
Xml parsing is slower since DOM parsing is slower.	JSON Parsing is faster since its based on format of Javascript object.
Xml message validation is supported using XML schemas	JSON validation is supported using JSON Schema, but it is not comprehensive compared to XSD
Xml can be easily transformed using XSLT	No Transformation is available.