Data Format (data-format)

Data Format covers the syntactic conventions used to represent, exchange, and persist information. The landscape spans text formats (JSON, XML, YAML, CSV, TOML), binary formats (Protocol Buffers, Avro, Parquet, ORC, MessagePack, BSON, CBOR, Arrow), and schema languages and IDLs that govern how those formats are validated and evolved.

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Scope

• Type: Topic
• Position: Consumer
• Access: 3rd-Party

Tags

• Binary Formats
• Data Format
• Data Serialization
• Interchange
• Text Formats

Timestamps

• Created: 2025-01-01
• Modified: 2026-04-30

Common Resources

Text Formats

• JSON
• XML
• YAML
• CSV (RFC 4180)
• TOML

Binary Formats

• Protocol Buffers
• Apache Avro
• Apache Parquet
• Apache ORC
• Apache Arrow
• MessagePack
• BSON
• CBOR

Schema Languages

• JSON Schema
• XML Schema

Reference

• Vocabulary

Maintainers

FN: Kin Lane

Email: kin@apievangelist.com