<s>
TOML	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
file	O
format	O
for	O
configuration	B-Protocol
files	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
easy	O
to	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
due	O
to	O
obvious	O
semantics	O
which	O
aim	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
minimal	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
map	O
unambiguously	O
to	O
a	O
dictionary	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
specification	O
is	O
open-source	B-License
,	O
and	O
receives	O
community	O
contributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TOML	B-Protocol
is	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
software	O
projects	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
implemented	O
in	O
many	O
programming	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
TOML	B-Protocol
"	O
is	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
"	O
Tom	O
's	O
Obvious	O
,	O
Minimal	O
Language	O
"	O
referring	O
to	O
its	O
creator	O
,	O
Tom	O
Preston-Werner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TOML	B-Protocol
's	O
syntax	O
primarily	O
consists	O
of	O
key	O
=	O
value	O
pairs	O
,	O
[	O
section	O
names ]	O
,	O
and	O
#	O
(	O
for	O
comments	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TOML	B-Protocol
's	O
syntax	O
somewhat	O
resembles	O
that	O
of	O
.INI	B-Protocol
files	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
includes	O
a	O
formal	O
specification	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
INI	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
format	O
suffers	O
from	O
many	O
competing	O
variants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TOML	B-Protocol
is	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
settings	O
(	O
some	O
related	O
to	O
its	O
creator	O
)	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
there	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
consensus	O
,	O
TOML	B-Protocol
has	O
received	O
several	O
critiques	O
since	O
its	O
first	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HitchDev	O
lists	O
the	O
following	O
points	O
as	O
problematic	O
in	O
TOML	B-Protocol
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
has	O
since	O
released	O
a	O
more	O
extensive	O
critique	O
of	O
TOML	B-Protocol
from	O
the	O
INI	B-Protocol
perspective	O
,	O
listing	O
the	O
following	O
points	O
(	O
among	O
others	O
)	O
as	O
problematic	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
TOML	B-Protocol
lets	O
the	O
configuration	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
decide	O
about	O
data	O
types	O
(	O
syntax	O
typing	O
)	O
,	O
when	O
de	O
facto	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
client	O
application	O
that	O
decides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TOML	B-Protocol
's	O
quoting	O
rules	O
introduce	O
confusion	O
between	O
actual	O
strings	O
(	O
free	O
content	O
)	O
and	O
enumeration	O
labels	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
