Tab-separated values

Tab-separated values
Filename extension.tsv, .tab[1]
Internet media type
text/tab-separated-values
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)public.tab-separated-values-text[2]
UTI conformationpublic.delimited-values-text[2]
Developed byUniversity of Minnesota Internet Gopher Team

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Initial releasec. June 1993; 31 years ago (1993-06)
Type of formatDelimiter-separated values format
Container fordatabase information organized as field separated lists
StandardIANA MIME type

Tab-separated values (TSV) is a simple, text-based file format for storing tabular data.[3] Records are separated by newlines, and values within a record are separated by tab characters. The TSV format is thus a delimiter-separated values format, similar to comma-separated values.

TSV is a simple file format that is widely supported, so it is often used in data exchange to move tabular data between different computer programs that support the format. For example, a TSV file might be used to transfer information from a database to a spreadsheet.

  1. ^ U of Edin. Research Data Support Team. "Choose the best file formats". University of Edinburgh. § Formats we recommend. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Apple UTI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "How To Use Tab Separated Value (TSV) files". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 1 February 2023.