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XML offers superior technical capabilities compared to JSON, including built-in schema validation (XSD), namespaces for composability, comments, and self-description. The industry abandoned XML not due to technical inadequacy but because JavaScript's dominance made JSON convenient, sacrificing formalism for developer experience. XML's verbosity concerns were already addressed through binary encodings like Fast Infoset and EXI. The shift to JSON represents choosing keystroke economy over semantic precision, requiring engineers to rebuild validation, type systems, and tooling that XML already provided. For systems requiring durability, multi-system consumption, and correctness, XML remains technically superior despite being unfashionable.

The lost art of XML — mmagueta

On Developer Convenience and Self-Deception