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[Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>]

xml metadata (specifically for orgunits) is being used in Rwanda.

Technically it could be changed to use json, but some work would be
required.  There is an xslt which is applied to the metadata to strip
some stuff as I recall.

On 17 December 2015 at 16:29, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I wanted to get an idea of to which degree people use the XML representation
> of meta-data in Web API.
>
> We see that maintaining XML support for meta-data is getting increasingly
> costly and complicated, and is slowing down the development. Most Web apps
> today use the JSON representation, and increasingly integration between
> systems are using JSON or even CSV.
>
> Would it be acceptable to remove support for XML for meta-data around 2.24
> for July next year?
>
> With metadata I refer to resources such as data elements, data sets and org
> units. We will not remove support for XML for data values (data value sets).
>
>
>
> regards,
>
> Lars
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Lars Helge Øverland
> Lead developer, DHIS 2
> University of Oslo
> Skype: larshelgeoverland
> http://www.dhis2.org
>
>
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