OASIS Approves OData 4.0 Standards For an Open, Programmable Web
First time accepted submitter Dilettant writes "The OASIS members approved Version 4 of the OData standards, which now also feature the long requested compact JSON as primary format. OData helps "simplifying data sharing across disparate applications in enterprise, cloud, and mobile devices" through interfacing data sources via a REST like interface."
Yet the prevailing opinion seems to be that XML is absolute and total shit whereas JSON is some golden calf.
And for good reason: XML is total shit.