Documents, Formats & Content Exchange

Portable Document Format

A standardised file format for exchanging and viewing fixed-layout electronic documents across systems.

Lightweight plain-text markup

A family of syntaxes that uses punctuation to add headings, links, lists and other structure to readable plain text.

Comma-Separated Values

A simple text format for tabular data where records are lines and fields are separated, commonly by commas.

Extensible Markup Language

A text format for structured data using nested elements, attributes and explicit schemas or conventions.

YAML Ain't Markup Language

A human-readable data serialisation format commonly used for configuration and structured documents.

Rich Text Format

A document interchange format that stores text plus formatting instructions and can be opened by many word processors.

OpenDocument Format

An open standard for office documents including text, spreadsheets and presentations.

Office Open XML

A standardised family of XML-based office document formats used by common word-processing, spreadsheet and presentation files.

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions media type

A standard label such as text/html or application/pdf that identifies the nature and format of content.

Cryptographic proof attached to data

A value created with a private key and verified with a public key to support authenticity and integrity.