

Like XML’s SOAP, YAML supports serializing native graph data structures Instead of requiring a special document object model (DOM). Their language’s native data structures for YAML manipulation, Support for common types enables programmers to use Languages such as Perl, Python, and Ruby. YAML’s core type system is based on the requirements of agile Paragraphs to be word-wrapped without affecting the canonical form of the content. Lines are interpreted as line break characters. Motivated by HTML’s end-of-line normalization, YAML’s line folding employs an intuitive Non- printable 16-bit Unicode andģ2-bit (ISO/IEC 10646) characters are supported with escape sequences This enables ASCII encoding of non- printable or 8-bit (ISO 8859-1) characters such as YAML’s double-quoted style uses familiar C-style escape sequences. Style leverages this by enabling formatted text to be cleanly (without the ambiguities caused by tabs). YAML’s indentation-based scoping is similar to Python’s Independent documents ideal for message-based distributed (RFC2045), YAML’s top-level production is a stream of The syntax of YAML was motivated by Internet Mail (RFC0822) and remains

YAML integrates and builds upon concepts described by C, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, RFC0822 (MAIL), Since then, YAML has matured through ideas and On, it directly incorporated experience from Brian Ingerson’s Perl Markup language discussions among SML-DEV members. YAML’s initial direction was set by the data serialization and Understand, programming becomes a simpler task. Interprocess messaging, cross-language data sharing, object persistence,Īnd debugging of complex data structures.

Well for common use cases such as: configuration files, log files, Potential is virtually boundless, YAML was specifically created to work

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