YAML en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈjæməl/
- (US) audio
Etymology
Originally an acronym of Yet Another Markup Language, now reinterpreted as YAML Ain't Markup Language.
Meanings
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(qualifier:file format) A human-readable data serialization format that takes concepts from XML and from various programming languages.
You probably won't have to integrate your software with existing YAML documents in your enterprise. But, in the Ruby world, YAML is popular, maybe even more popular than XML.
2006, Maik Schmidt, Enterprise Integration with Ruby: A Pragmatic Guide, Pragmatic Bookshelf, →ISBN, page 141: