ASCIIFormat
ASCIIFormat is a text-based data representation designed to encode structured data using only ASCII characters. It focuses on readability, portability, and simplicity, making it suitable for configuration files, logs, and data interchange where non-ASCII or binary encodings are undesirable.
Developed in the early days of text-based configuration formats to ensure compatibility with simple text editors
ASCIIFormat defines objects, arrays, and scalar values. Objects are enclosed in braces and use key: value pairs
Parsers are designed to be robust against minor formatting differences. Schemas can describe expected object shapes,
ASCIIFormat is popular in environments requiring long-term legibility with plain text, such as configuration management and