OT: Less-restrictive alternative to XML and XML visualizers?

[Christopher Wright]

Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> I have a need for an inexpensive (preferably freeware or open-source, 
> obviously), alternate to using XML and an XML viewer (such as MindFusion's 
> XML Viewer). The main problem with XML is that I need something that will 
> allow node names to contain any arbitrary text character (or at least just 
> the ascii symbols such as parentheses, comma, etc). Any ideas? 

JSON strings are a lot less restrictive than XML strings. If that's your 
main requirement, JSON will probably serve.