This is a comparison of
data serialization formats, various ways to convert complex
object
Object may refer to:
General meanings
* Object (philosophy), a thing, being, or concept
** Object (abstract), an object which does not exist at any particular time or place
** Physical object, an identifiable collection of matter
* Goal, an a ...
s to sequences of
bits. It does not include
markup language
A markup language is a Encoding, text-encoding system which specifies the structure and formatting of a document and potentially the relationships among its parts. Markup can control the display of a document or enrich its content to facilitate au ...
s used exclusively as
document file format
A document file format is a Text file, text or binary file format for storing documents on a computer storage, storage media, especially for use by computers.
There currently exists a multitude of incompatible document file formats.
Examples of ...
s.
Overview
Syntax comparison of human-readable formats
Comparison of binary formats
See also
*
Comparison of document markup languages
References
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External links
XML-QL Proposal discussing XML benefits
Data serialization formats
Persistence
Data-serialization formats