Recfiles is a data notation created in 1994 by Jose E. Marchesi.
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recfiles is a file format for human-editable, plain text databases. Databases using this file format can be edited using any text editor. recfiles allow for basic relational database operations, typing, auto-incrementing, as well as a simple join operation. Read more on Wikipedia...
%rec: Book
%mandatory: Title
%type: Location enum loaned home unknown
%doc:
+ A book in my personal collection.
Title: GNU Emacs Manual
Author: Richard M. Stallman
Publisher: FSF
Location: home
Title: The Colour of Magic
Author: Terry Pratchett
Location: loaned
Title: Mio Cid
Author: Anonymous
Location: home
Title: chapters.gnu.org administration guide
Author: Nacho Gonzalez
Author: Jose E. Marchesi
Location: unknown
Title: Yeelong User Manual
Location: home| Feature | Supported | Token | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line Comments | ✓ | # | # A comment |
| Comments | ✓ | # Blah blah… # Unlike some file formats, comments in recfiles must be complete lines. You cannot start a comment in the middle of a line. |
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| Semantic Indentation | X |