Summary
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| Name |
TOML |
| Version |
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| Other names |
TOML (Tom's Obvious Minimal Language), TOML (Tom's Own Markup Language) |
| Identifiers |
MIME:
application/toml
PUID:
fmt/2065
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| Family |
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| Classification |
Text (Mark-up) |
| Disclosure |
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| Description |
TOML (Tom’s Obvious Minimal Language) was created by Tom Preston-Werner, in the github repository tom-lang. TOML is a minimal configuration file format that is designed with clear semantics so as to be easily human-readable. TOML is designed to map unambiguously to a hash table (synonymous with a dictionary or map) and so can be parsed and understood by a number of programming languages. Data structures represented by TOML can often be mapped into other languages as required such as JSON or YAML. |
| Orientation |
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| Byte order |
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| Related file formats |
None.
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| Technical Environment |
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| Released |
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| Supported until |
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| Format Risk |
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| Developed by |
None.
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| Supported by |
None.
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| Source |
 Ross Spencer / Ravensburger AG
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| Source date |
21 Jul 2025 |
| Source description |
v.121: new PUID submitted by Preservica and Ross Spencer; v.122- updated description, notes, alternative names and MIME type submitted by Ross Spencer. |
| Last updated |
24 Nov 2025 |
| Note |
https://toml.io/en/
http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/TOML
https://github.com/toml-lang/toml |
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