CSV is much simpler when the records are all of one type. It gets debatable which (XML vs CSV) is simpler when you get multiple record types dumping a hierarchical data structure.
Obviously, you can make CSV files work for alternating record types, in the same way that the old mainframe files used to work with multiple record types in a file, with a type descriminator field in a know place, usually field 1, of each record. But it starts to get cluttered.
Obviously, you can make CSV files work for alternating record types, in the same way that the old mainframe files used to work with multiple record types in a file, with a type descriminator field in a know place, usually field 1, of each record. But it starts to get cluttered.