Show HN: DSS, a new human-readable and plain format for XLS and spreadsheets

Category: devtools

Tags: data-format, spreadsheet, git-friendly

Score: 5.3/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 3, Documentation: 8, Utility: 4)

DSS is a human-readable, text-based format for representing multi-sheet spreadsheet data with sparse cell support, designed to be Git-friendly and simpler than XLSX. It's interesting as a thoughtful alternative to CSV for structured data that needs version control compatibility, though it competes with established formats like TSV and existing spreadsheet serializations.

Target audience: data engineers, backend devs

Repository: https://github.com/Datastripes/DataSheetStandard/ · JavaScript · NOASSERTION · 5 stars

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