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"YAML(tm) (rhymes with 'camel') is a
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straightforward machine parsable data serialization format designed for
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human readability and interaction with scripting languages such as Perl
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and Python. YAML is optimized for data serialization, formatted
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dumping, configuration files, log files, Internet messaging and
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filtering. This specification describes the YAML information model and
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serialization format. Together with the Unicode standard for characters, it
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provides all the information necessary to understand YAML Version 1.0
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and construct computer programs to process it."
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For Ruby developers, YAML is a natural fit for object serialization and
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general data storage. Really, it's quite fantastic. Spreads right on
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your Rubyware like butter on bread!
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The possible uses for YAML are innumerable. Configuration files,
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custom internet protocols, documentation, the list goes on and on.
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Also, with YAML readers popping up for other languages (see YAML.pm
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and others), you can pass data easily to colleagues in distant lands,
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swamped in their archaic languages.
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WWW: http://yaml4r.sourceforge.net/
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- Stanislav Grozev
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tacho@daemonz.org
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