CSV is an old & very popular format for storing tabular data. It has been used in the desktop as well as mainframe. It is a simple & compact format that works really well for tabular data and so is still in use today.
XML is a widely used language that was once the de facto standard for data interchange between applications. Since the advent of JSON, however, it has lost the advantage to the more simple nature of JSON. Nevertheless, XML is still used by applications and SOAP based web services
[
{
"name": "Robin Hood",
"department": "Sales",
"salary": 200
}
][
{
"column 1": "Name",
"column 2": "Department",
"column 3": "Salary"
},
{
"column 1": "Robin Hood",
"column 2": "Sales",
"column 3": 200
}
]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<People>
<Record Name="John Doe" Age="69" />
<Record Name="Jane Doe" Age="65" />
</People><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Root>
<Record Name="John Doe" Age="69" />
<Record Name="Jane Doe" Age="65" />
</Root><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Root>
<Person Name="John Doe" Age="69" />
<Person Name="Jane Doe" Age="65" />
</Root><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Root>
<Record Name="John Doe" Age="69" />
<Record Name="Jane Doe" Age="65" />
</Root><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Root>
<Record Name="John Doe" Age="69" />
<Record Name="Jane Doe" Age="65" />
</Root><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><Root><Record Name="John Doe" Age="69" /><Record Name="Jane Doe" Age="65" /></Root><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<People>
<Person Name="John Doe" Age="69" />
<Person Name="Jane Doe" Age="65" />
</People><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<People>
<Person>
<Name>John Doe</Name>
<Age>69</Age>
</Person>
<Person>
<Name>Jane Doe</Name>
<Age>65</Age>
</Person>
</People>