[en] JSON Data

[en] JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is an open-standard file format. JSON uses human-readable text to transmit data objects consisting of name–value pairs, and array data types (or any other serializable value). JSON is a very common data format used for asynchronous browser–server communication, including as a replacement for XML.

[en] There are multiple online resources describing the similarities and differences between JSON and XML. The table below describes a portion of them:

[en] JSON	[en] XML
[en] It is JavaScript Object Notation	[en] It is Extensible markup language
[en] It is based on JavaScript language.	[en] It is derived from SGML.
[en] It is a way of representing objects.	[en] It is a markup language and uses tag structure to represent data items.
[en] It does not provides any support for namespaces.	[en] It supports namespaces.
[en] It supports array.	[en] It doesn’t supports array.
[en] Its files are very easy to read as compared to XML.	[en] Its documents are comparatively difficult to read and interpret.
[en] It doesn’t use end tag.	[en] It has start and end tags.
[en] It is less secure.	[en] It is more secure than JSON.
[en] It doesn’t supports comments.	[en] It supports comments.
[en] It supports only UTF-8 encoding.	[en] It supports various encoding.

[en] Source: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/difference-between-json-and-xml/

[en] Examples

{
  "DELIVERYNOTE": {
    "LIST_CUSTOMER_INFO": {
      "CUSTOMER_INFO": {
        "CUSTOMER_NAME": "Customer A",
        "CUSTOMER_STREET_ADDRESS": "Test St",
        "CUSTOMER_POST_ADDRESS": "1234, Test City",
        "CUSTOMER_NUMBER": "1234",
        "CURRENCY": "EUR",
        "DELIVERY_METHOD": "Express delivery",
        "EDI_INFORMATION": "EDI",
        "ORDER_TYPE": "CSO",
        "ORDER_NUMBER": "123",
        "LIST_ITEM": {
          "ITEM": [
            {
              "ARTICLE_NUMBER": "0001",
              "ARTICLE_NAME": "Collins Complete Woodworker's Manual",
              "PRICE": "23.3"
            },
            {
              "ARTICLE_NUMBER": "0002",
              "ARTICLE_NAME": "Be Careful What You Wish For (Clifton Chronicles)",
              "PRICE": "16.6"
            },
            {
              "ARTICLE_NUMBER": "0003",
              "ARTICLE_NAME": "Mockingjay (part III of Hunger Games Trilogy)",
              "PRICE": "25.0"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

{
    "NICELABEL_JOB": {
      "TIMESTAMP": "20130221100527.788134",
      "USER": "PGRI",
       IT_LABEL_DATA": {
        "LBL_NAME": "goods_receipt.nlbl",
        "LBL_PRINTER": "Production01",
        "LBL_QUANTITY": "1",
        "MAKTX": "MASS ONE",
        "MATNR": "28345",
        "MEINS": "KG",
        "WDATU": "19.01.2012",
        "QUANTITY": "1",
        "EXIDV": "012345678901234560"
      }
    }
  }
}