Comparison of data-serialization formats: Difference between revisions

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! Name

! Standard

! [[Binary format|Binary]]?

! [[Human-readable]]?

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| [[JSON]]

| [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4627 RFC 4627]

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

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| [[OGDL]]

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| {{yes}}

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| [[Property list]]

| ''de facto''{{ref|plist DTD|p}}

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| [[Protocol Buffers]]

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| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

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| [[S-expression]]s

| ''de facto'' (many variants)

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

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| [[Thrift (protocol)|Thrift]]

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| [[YAML]]

| [http://www.yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html YAML.org]

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

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{{note|plist DTD|p}} The XML encoding has a [http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd public DTD] from Apple

==Advantages==