A '''data format''' is a specification for the [serializing%|%serialized] representation of [structured data]. ** Data formats ** *** Machine Instructions *** [ELF]: Executable and Linkable Format, used by many [UNIX] systems. *** Textual Printable *** [ycl]::text::ftclp: Formats a string as a printable Tcl string. Non-printable characters are transformed into their most simple [Dodekalogue%|%backslash-escaped] representation. *** Textual Encoding *** [ASN]: [netstrings]: *** Textual Recordset *** [csv]: [recfile]: *** Textual Nesting Data Structure *** Tcl [list]: Tcl [script]: [huddle]: [TDL]: [xmlgen / htmlgen]: [JSON]: [SEXP]: *** Textual Structured Documents *** [SGML]: [XML]: [YAML]: *** Textual Layout *** [HTML]: [RTF]: [TMML]: *** Spreadsheets *** [CSV]: [Excel]: *** Graphics *** **** Bitmap **** [Bitmap]: [GIF]: [Pixmap]: [TIFF]: [PNG]: [XPM]: [BMP]: [Img]: **** Vector **** [CAD]: [CGM]: [DXF]: [Postscript]: [PDF]: [SVG]: [VML]: [WMF]: [XSL-FO]: *** Audio *** **** Digitized sound **** [mp3]: [wav]: **** Music **** [MIDI]: *** Media containers *** [ogg]: ** See Also ** [http://www.wotsit.org/%|%Wotsit]: The Programmer's File and Data Resource [markup language]: [data is code]: [code is data is code]: <> Data Serialization Format