CSVJSONXML

CSVJSONXML refers collectively to three widely used data interchange formats: CSV, JSON, and XML. While they share the goal of encoding structured data, they differ in syntax, capabilities, and typical use cases.

CSV (Comma-Separated Values) encodes tabular data as plain text in rows and columns, using a delimiter such as a comma or semicolon. It is compact and easily edited with simple tools, but it has no native support for hierarchies, data types, or validation, and field quoting and escaping can complicate parsing.

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) represents data as lightweight, human-readable trees of objects and arrays. It supports numbers, strings, booleans, null values, and nested structures, making it popular for web APIs and configuration files. JSON is easy to parse in modern programming languages but lacks a formal schema in the standard, though separate specifications and tooling exist for validation.

XML (eXtensible Markup Language) encodes data as marked-up documents with elements and attributes. It supports complex hierarchies, namespaces, and standard schema mechanisms (DTD, XSD). XML is verbose but well-suited for document-centric data and environments requiring validation and extensibility.

Interoperability among CSV, JSON, and XML is common in data pipelines. Converters and ETL tools map between flat tables and nested structures, while attention is paid to data types, encoding, and lossless transformation. CSVJSONXML, as a framework concept, describes the need to choose or translate among these formats based on data structure, tooling, and performance requirements.