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Format

Tab-separated Values

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Summary

Name
Tab-separated Values
Identifiers
  • Library of Congress Format Description Identifier: fdd000533
  • Wikidata QID Identifier: Q3513566
  • MIME: text/tab-separated-values
  • PUID: x-fmt/13
Format type
Dataset
Description
A tab-separated values file is a simple text format for storing data in a tabular structure (e.g. database or spreadsheet data). Each record in the table is one line of the text file. Each field value of a record is separated from the next by a tab stop character – it is a form of the more general delimiter-separated values format.
Note
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab-separated_values https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000533.shtml
File extensions
tsv, tab
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Changelog

  • Updated in V112

    Release date
    10 May 2023

    Tab-separated Values: Added extension .tab, added reference links, identifiers for LoC and Wikidata QID. Submitted by Brigham Young University and Preservica.

  • Updated in V84

    Release date
    21 January 2016

    Tab-separated values: Corrected MIME.

  • Updated in V83

    Release date
    17 December 2015

    Tab-separated values: Added description.