Text-based data
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| + | Text based data, AKA plain text. has proven to be very hard to understand. This has not only to do with the infinite ways text based data might be structured, but mainly because you need to know the [[Text encoding|encoding]] (eg. [[UTF8]]) before you can start interpreting it. | ||
| + | * [http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)] | ||
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* [[Attribute-Relation File Format]] | * [[Attribute-Relation File Format]] | ||
* [[Column Delimited]] | * [[Column Delimited]] | ||
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* [[Text Encoding Initiative]] | * [[Text Encoding Initiative]] | ||
* [[Textile]] | * [[Textile]] | ||
| + | * [[XML]] | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
* [[TXT]] | * [[TXT]] | ||
* Some text-based formats are listed in [[Document]] or [[Serialization]] | * Some text-based formats are listed in [[Document]] or [[Serialization]] | ||
Revision as of 19:40, 3 December 2012
Introduction
Text based data, AKA plain text. has proven to be very hard to understand. This has not only to do with the infinite ways text based data might be structured, but mainly because you need to know the encoding (eg. UTF8) before you can start interpreting it.
Text formats and resources
- Attribute-Relation File Format
- Column Delimited
- CSV (Comma Separated Values; comma-delimited)
- FidoNet nodelists
- Org-mode
- Markdown
- reStructuredText
- Softdisk Publishing UDF files
- Tab delimited
- Text Encoding Initiative
- Textile
- XML
See Also
- TXT
- Some text-based formats are listed in Document or Serialization
