Mod:Creation Kit/Text File

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Text Files commonly contain Plain Text, but they are not limited to such. A text file may store other formats, including binary data.

Files
Some file extension are shared between different formats.

Plain Text
To put it plainly, this is simply text in a file. These files can be viewed and edited with Text Editors, including Microsoft Windows Notepad. A Plain Text file usually has the MIME type "text/plain" with additional information indicating an encoding.
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Delimiter Separated Values
Files using the Delimiter Separated Value (DSV) format are used to store tabular data such as numbers and text. A DSV file is used to store and exchange data among many applications. Most database and spreadsheet programs are able to read or save data in a delimited format.
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The delimiter separated file format is structured similairly to a spreadsheet. The DSV column headers are usually included as the first line, and each subsequent line is a row of data. Each row is separated by a newline (Enter). There are many widespread specifications and conventions for DSV such as Comma-Separated Values (CSV), and Tab-Separated Values (TSV). Any character may be used to separate the values, but the most common delimiters are the comma, tab, and colon.

Extensible Markup Language
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable. XML has come into common use for the interchange of data between applications and over the Internet.
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Tooling

 * Text Editors
 * Microsoft Windows Notepad on Wikipedia
 * There are other software projects that provided tooling for text files.