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    Great answer but remember REST can use any transport protocol. For example, it can use FTP. Commented Aug 23, 2015 at 3:35
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    Who said REST can't use SSL? Commented Sep 7, 2015 at 12:45
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    @ Osama Aftab REST supports SSL, but SOAP supports SSL just like REST additionally it also supports WS-Security. Commented Sep 7, 2015 at 16:01
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    To reference the point about size of XML data, when compression is enabled, XML is quite small. Commented Nov 8, 2016 at 18:59
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    The point about the size of the payload should be deleted, it is such a one-dimensional comparison between JSON and XML and is only possible to detect in seriously optimized setups, which are far between. Commented Apr 20, 2017 at 21:51