NestedText - Data notation

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NestedText is a data notation created in 2020 by Ken Kundert.

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Human readable and writable data interchange format

Tags: dataNotation
NestedText is developed on GitHub and has 343 stars
Early development of NestedText happened in https://nurdletech.com
NestedText is written in Python, reStructuredText, YAML, Ini, TOML, JSON, Make, XML, Bourne shell, CSV, CSS
Pygments supports syntax highlighting for NestedText
See also: (1 related languages) YAML

Example from the web:

# Contact information for our officers

Katheryn McDaniel:
    position: president
    address:
        > 138 Almond Street
        > Topeka, Kansas 20697
    phone:
        cell: 1-210-555-5297
        home: 1-210-555-8470
            # Katheryn prefers that we always call her on her cell phone.
    email: KateMcD@aol.com
    additional roles:
        - board member

Margaret Hodge:
    position: vice president
    address:
        > 2586 Marigold Lane
        > Topeka, Kansas 20682
    phone: 1-470-555-0398
    email: margaret.hodge@ku.edu
    additional roles:
        - new membership task force
        - accounting task force

Language features

Feature	Supported	Example	Token
Comments	✓	# A comment
Line Comments	✓	# A comment	#
Semantic Indentation	X