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Create a file format guide #2

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waldoj opened this issue May 28, 2014 · 0 comments
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Create a file format guide #2

waldoj opened this issue May 28, 2014 · 0 comments
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waldoj commented May 28, 2014

Explain all common data formats, with links to software for conversion to other formats, and with a 5-star rating.

  • PDF: really just fine for text, although maybe publish the original files (e.g., Word) alongside it, but not at all good for spreadsheets etc.
  • Word: really just fine for text, although Markdown, HTML, or RTF would be better
  • XML: very detailed, but complicated—classic example of an open format
  • JSON: lightweight, not hard to read or generate (CSV to JSON converter and vice-versa)
  • CSV: lightweight, a supermajority of people have software to read it, great for structured data
  • Excel: not as good as CSV, tough to parse, but so much better than a PDF
  • [and so on]
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