XML Best Practices and Guidelines

Clarity and Readability

Maintainability

Decision Criteria

Data Modeling Guidelines

Performance Implications

Extensibility Considerations

Avoiding Deep Nesting

Grouping Related Data

Handling Optional Data

List and Collection Patterns

Special Character Encoding

Unicode Considerations

Escape Sequences

CDATA Usage Guidelines

Schema Evolution

Backward Compatibility

Version Identification

Migration Strategies

Document Size Considerations

Parsing Efficiency

Memory Usage

Streaming vs Loading