Re: The impact of data format selection on application development

On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 7:51 AM Roger L Costello <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I have been having a discussion with a colleague on this topic. I thought
> it would be useful to share part of our discussion.
>
> [To remind people what the topic is about, we are trying to come up with
> rules/heuristics on when to use super-simple data formats versus when to
> use comparatively complicated data formats such as XML or JSON.
>
>
Well you could do what most analytics folks do. Take an XML or JSON format
and flatten it into something "super-simple" like a table.
If things retain a semblance of simplicity when you try and work with it
you're golden.