Format, beautify, minify, and validate XML documents. Pretty print XML with proper indentation and detect syntax errors.
XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a markup language designed for storing and transporting data. Unlike HTML, XML lets you define your own tags. It's used in web services (SOAP), configuration files, RSS feeds, sitemaps, and data interchange between applications.
| Feature | XML | JSON |
|---|---|---|
| Syntax | Verbose (tags) | Compact (brackets/braces) |
| Attributes | Supported | Not supported |
| Comments | Supported | Not supported |
| Namespaces | Supported | Not supported |
| Parsing | DOM/SAX parsers | JSON.parse() |
| Use Cases | Config, documents, SOAP | APIs, web apps |
Yes! While JSON dominates APIs, XML is still widely used for sitemaps (sitemap.xml), RSS feeds, SVG graphics, XHTML, SOAP web services, Microsoft Office documents (.docx is XML), Android layouts, and configuration files.