When to prefer JSON over XML?

Question

My requirement is just to display a set of values retrieved from database on a spread. I am using jquery.

Answer 1

Most newer web technologies work using JSON, so definitively a good reason for using JSON. A great advantage is that in XML you can represent in multiple different ways the same information, which in JSON is more straightforward.

Also JSON IMHO is much clearer than XML, which makes it for me a clear advantage. And if you are working with .NET, Json.NET is a clear winner to help you work with JSON.