TOMLmuotoon

TOMLmuotoon is a Finnish phrase meaning “into TOML format.” In software documentation and configuration workflows it is used to describe the process of representing data or settings using the TOML serialization language.

TOML, short for Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language, is designed for configuration data. It emphasizes readability and determinism, supports comments, and uses UTF-8 encoding. TOML files typically use the .toml extension and are parsed by libraries in many programming languages.

The language offers key/value pairs, tables, and arrays, plus inline tables and arrays of tables. Types include strings, integers, floats, booleans, and datetimes. Keys can be dotted to create nested tables; arrays are written with brackets, and inline tables use braces. TOML avoids complex features to keep configurations stable and easy to review by humans and machines alike.

Example snippet:

title = "Example"

owner = { name = "Alice", dob = 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z }

ports = [ 8000, 8001 ]

[[servers]]

ip = "10.0.0.1"

role = "web"

Common use cases include configuration files for applications and build tools. Cargo, Rust’s package manager, uses TOML for manifests. Many programming languages provide TOML parsers and encoders, and the official specification is maintained at toml.io, with broad library support across ecosystems.

In Finnish contexts, TOMLmuotoon is primarily a descriptive term rather than a formal standard. It signals converting data to TOML and is commonly encountered when exporting settings to a TOML file.