# Does zowe support XML?

**URL:** <https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/does-zowe-support-xml/409>\
**Category:** Zowe\
**Created:** [November 26, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/does-zowe-support-xml/409 "2019-11-26T18:36:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![tomwill817](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@tomwill817](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/u/tomwill817)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/does-zowe-support-xml/409/1 "2019-11-26T18:36:23Z")

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In the doc it says: These resources are usually represented in the form of JSON or XML documents. The preferred documentation type in Zowe™ is in the JSON format.

Does this mean that zowe can handle data in XML format or does it require JSON?