Data (container)¶

Collections of entities in one file

In short

Parts and wholes, files and directories, text and markup.

item	info
formats	JSON, SQL, TAR, XML, YAML
extensions	json, sql, tar, xml, yaml
related types	Database, Markup

Description¶

Structured data needs a concept of container to hold the structure by which various items of data are kept together.

Think of parts and wholes, files and directories, text and markup.

Data containers are a generic concept. They can be used for a variety of purposes, which may overlap with other data types, such as Text (formatted) and Database.

Often, data containers are just plain text files that adhere to a defined scheme that gives structure to their contents.