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Overview¶

Data structure support	++	YAML, short for YAML Ain’t Markup Language, supports most common data types including strings, integers, floats and dates. YAML even supports references and external data.
Standardisation	+	YAML is a strongly typed formal standard, but it’s hard to find schema validators.
Schema-IDL	+-	Partly with Kwalify, Rx and built-in language type defs.
Language support	+-	There be libraries for the most popular languages.
Human readability	+	Basic YAML is really easy to read, however YAML’s complexity can confuse a reader.
Speed	--	YAML is very slow to serialise and deserialise.
File size	+-	YAML is in the medium range similar toJSON and TOML.