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2012-12-22T23:28:28Z

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Dan Tobias at 23:27, 22 December 2012

2012-12-22T23:27:42Z

Dan Tobias: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Serialization |subcat2=Property List |extensions={{ext|plist}} }} The '''XML property list format''' is one of several formats tha..."

2012-12-22T22:29:19Z

Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Serialization |subcat2=Property List |extensions={{ext|plist}} }} The '''XML property list format''' is one of several formats tha..."

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{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Serialization
|subcat2=Property List
|extensions={{ext|plist}}
}}

The '''XML property list format''' is one of several formats that have been use for [[Property List|plist files]], the standard means for applications under operating systems descended from NeXTSTEP (including current Apple OSs) to store configuration data. The XML format was introduced by Apple to replace the earlier format used in NeXTSTEP, which was also text-based but resembled programming-language syntax rather than markup-language syntax as is used with XML.

This format is a simple [[XML]] schema that uses the following elements to represent the core foundation types:

CFString <string>
CFNumber <real> or <integer>
CFDate <date>
CFBoolean <true/> or <false/>
CFData <data>
CFArray <array>
CFDictionary <dict>

== References ==
* [https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man5/plist.5.html Man page at Apple]

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 == Software ==
-* [plist Editor for Windows]: edits both XML and binary versions
+* [http://www.icopybot.com/plist-editor.htm plist Editor for Windows]: edits both XML and binary versions
 == References ==
 * [https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man5/plist.5.html Man page at Apple]

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 |subcat2=Property List
 |extensions={{ext|plist}}
 }}
 The '''XML property list format''' is one of several formats that have been use for [[Property List|plist files]], the standard means for applications under operating systems descended from NeXTSTEP (including current Apple OSs) to store configuration data. The XML format was introduced by Apple to replace the earlier format used in NeXTSTEP, which was also text-based but resembled programming-language syntax rather than markup-language syntax as is used with XML.

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           CFArray         <array>
           CFDictionary    <dict>
 == References ==
 * [https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man5/plist.5.html Man page at Apple]