CSV

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file format tabular data format text-based format

CSV (Comma-Separated Values) is a simple, text-based file format commonly used to store and exchange tabular data between different software applications and systems.

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Surface form Occurrences
Comma-Separated Values 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf file format ⓘ
tabular data format ⓘ
text-based format ⓘ
advantage simplicity ⓘ
small file size ⓘ
wide compatibility ⓘ
alternativeDelimiters pipe ⓘ
semicolon ⓘ
tab ⓘ
columnSeparator comma ⓘ
commonlyUsedBy databases ⓘ
programming languages ⓘ
spreadsheets ⓘ
statistical software ⓘ
commonlyUsedIn APIs for bulk data download ⓘ
ETL processes ⓘ
data pipelines ⓘ
dataStructure table ⓘ
definedIn RFC 4180 ⓘ
doesNotSupport binary data without encoding ⓘ
explicit data types ⓘ
nested structures ⓘ
encoding commonly ASCII ⓘ
commonly UTF-8 ⓘ
fileExtension .csv ⓘ
fullName CSV self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Comma-Separated Values
humanReadable true ⓘ
introducedYear 1970s ⓘ
limitation ambiguous data types ⓘ
lack of schema ⓘ
locale-dependent formatting ⓘ
no standard for metadata ⓘ
mediaType text/csv ⓘ
openedBy Google Sheets ⓘ
LibreOffice Calc ⓘ
Excel ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Excel

text editors ⓘ
parsingComplexity simple ⓘ
relatedFormat JSON ⓘ
TSV ⓘ
XML ⓘ
rowSeparator newline ⓘ
standardizedBy Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ
surface form: IETF
stores columns ⓘ
rows ⓘ
tabular data ⓘ
supports empty fields ⓘ
escaped quotes ⓘ
header row ⓘ
quoted fields ⓘ
variable-length rows ⓘ
supportsDelimiterVariation true ⓘ
usedFor data exchange ⓘ
data export ⓘ
data import ⓘ
simple data storage ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SAS → canImportFormat → CSV ⓘ
CSV → fullName → CSV self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comma-Separated Values