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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: XML (was Re: Which newsgroup for json parsing?)
Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 02:53:19 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 17 May 2024 15:13:07 +0100, bart wrote:

> Fortunately I've haven't had to work with XML for years. It is anyway an
> ugly format and pretty much unreadable even for humans, with the actual
> data barely discernable amidst all the tag clutter. Here's a real
> example:
> 
>      <Declarant>
>          <Declarant_code>00013464-00002735</Declarant_code>
>          <Declarant_name>
>              ....
>          <Declarant_representative>
>              <null />
>          </Declarant_representative>
>          <Reference>
>              <Year>2017</Year> <Number>001A</Number>
>          </Reference>
>      </Declarant>

I’ve handled worse. How about this (after fixing that missing closing 
tag):

    <Declarant>
        <Declarant_code>
            00013464-00002735
        </Declarant_code>
        <Declarant_name>
            ....
        </Declarant_name>
        <Declarant_representative>
            <null/>
        </Declarant_representative>
        <Reference>
            <Year>
                2017
            </Year>
            <Number>
                001A
            </Number>
        </Reference>
    </Declarant>

Courtesy of <https://bitbucket.org/ldo17/xmlpretty/>.