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Originally Posted by Kuroshima
While XML is fine and dandy, I personally prefer full fledged databases. SQLite can be used from Java, supports ACID, a big percentage of the SQL standard, and it is fast and small.
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I don't need a full database, I just need the content of the books turned into a format that's easily imported and exported to and from the program with minimal fuss and that's human readable enough for hand-edits, no overhead and maybe compresses well if I feel like doing that. XML is a good, open, standard designed almost specifically for that purpose.
I would probably use XML with a different extension and, if I can manage it, throw it into a ZIP wrapper if it's worth the effort.
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