RFC 4180

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RFC 4180 is the Internet standard that formally specifies the common format and rules for Comma-Separated Values (CSV) files.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf CSV specification
Internet standard
Request for Comments document
aimsTo improve interoperability of CSV files
appliesTo CSV text data
Comma-Separated Values files
category Informational
defines MIME type for CSV
common CSV file format
rules for CSV files
definesFieldSeparator comma
definesFormatFor tabular data in text form
definesLineTerminator CRLF
definesMediaType text/csv
definesQuoteCharacter double quote
format text
intendedFor application implementers
protocol designers
software developers
language English
partOfSeries RFC series
publishedBy Internet Engineering Task Force
surface form: IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force
relatedTo CSV
Internet standards
MIME types
rfcNumber 4180
scope text-based tabular data
specifies CSV escaping of double quotes
CSV field delimiting rules
CSV handling of CRLF line endings
CSV handling of commas inside fields
CSV header row usage
CSV line break rules
CSV quoting rules
CSV record separation by CRLF
CSV record structure
text/csv MIME type
that all records should have the same number of fields
standardizes common CSV usage
status Informational RFC
title RFC 4180 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Common Format and MIME Type for Comma-Separated Values (CSV) Files
usedFor data exchange
database data interchange
import and export of tabular data
spreadsheet data interchange

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CSV definedIn RFC 4180
RFC 4180 title RFC 4180 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Common Format and MIME Type for Comma-Separated Values (CSV) Files