Stephen Connolly wrote:
> https://hjson.org/ was what I had in mind... but it would be awesome if for
> dependencies we didn't have to quote, e.g.
> 
> scopes {
>   compile: [
>     org.slf4j:slf4j-api::1.8.0::jar
>   ]
>   test: [
>     junit:junit::4.12::jar
>   ]
> }
> 
> which is not valid hjson as in hjson you would have to write
> 
> scopes {
>   compile: [
>     "org.slf4j:slf4j-api::1.8.0::jar"
>   ]
>   test: [
>     "junit:junit::4.12::jar"
>   ]
> }

Personally, I still like XML better (Schema-based editing support out of
the box :-), although the current POM 4.0.0 format with its almost
exclusive use of elements over attributes consumes too much vertical space.

Best wishes,

Andreas


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