;; This document describes TOML's syntax, using the ABNF format (defined in ;; RFC 5234 -- https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5234.txt). ;; ;; All valid TOML documents will match this description, however certain ;; invalid documents would need to be rejected as per the semantics described ;; in the supporting text description. ;; It is possible to try this grammar interactively, using instaparse. ;; http://instaparse.mojombo.com/ ;; ;; To do so, in the lower right, click on Options and change `:input-format` to ;; ':abnf'. Then paste this entire ABNF document into the grammar entry box ;; (above the options). Then you can type or paste a sample TOML document into ;; the beige box on the left. Tada! ;; Overall Structure toml = expression *( newline expression ) expression = ws [ comment ] expression =/ ws keyval ws [ comment ] expression =/ ws table ws [ comment ] ;; Whitespace ws = *wschar wschar = %x20 ; Space wschar =/ %x09 ; Horizontal tab ;; Newline newline = %x0A ; LF newline =/ %x0D.0A ; CRLF ;; Comment comment-start-symbol = %x23 ; # non-ascii = %x80-D7FF / %xE000-10FFFF non-eol = %x09 / %x20-7F / non-ascii comment = comment-start-symbol *non-eol ;; Key-Value pairs keyval = key keyval-sep val key = simple-key / dotted-key simple-key = quoted-key / unquoted-key unquoted-key = 1*( ALPHA / DIGIT / %x2D / %x5F ) ; A-Z / a-z / 0-9 / - / _ quoted-key = basic-string / literal-string dotted-key = simple-key 1*( dot-sep simple-key ) dot-sep = ws %x2E ws ; . Period keyval-sep = ws %x3D ws ; = val = string / boolean / array / inline-table / date-time / float / integer ;; String string = ml-basic-string / basic-string / ml-literal-string / literal-string ;; Basic String basic-string = quotation-mark *basic-char quotation-mark quotation-mark = %x22 ; " basic-char = basic-unescaped / escaped basic-unescaped = wschar / %x21 / %x23-5B / %x5D-7E / non-ascii escaped = escape escape-seq-char escape = %x5C ; \ escape-seq-char = %x22 ; " quotation mark U+0022 escape-seq-char =/ %x5C ; \ reverse solidus U+005C escape-seq-char =/ %x62 ; b backspace U+0008 escape-seq-char =/ %x66 ; f form feed U+000C escape-seq-char =/ %x6E ; n line feed U+000A escape-seq-char =/ %x72 ; r carriage return U+000D escape-seq-char =/ %x74 ; t tab U+0009 escape-seq-char =/ %x75 4HEXDIG ; uXXXX U+XXXX escape-seq-char =/ %x55 8HEXDIG ; UXXXXXXXX U+XXXXXXXX ;; Multiline Basic String ml-basic-string = ml-basic-string-delim [ newline ] ml-basic-body ml-basic-string-delim ml-basic-string-delim = 3quotation-mark ml-basic-body = *mlb-content *( mlb-quotes 1*mlb-content ) [ mlb-quotes ] mlb-content = mlb-char / newline / mlb-escaped-nl mlb-char = mlb-unescaped / escaped mlb-quotes = 1*2quotation-mark mlb-unescaped = wschar / %x21 / %x23-5B / %x5D-7E / non-ascii mlb-escaped-nl = escape ws newline *( wschar / newline ) ;; Literal String literal-string = apostrophe *literal-char apostrophe apostrophe = %x27 ; ' apostrophe literal-char = %x09 / %x20-26 / %x28-7E / non-ascii ;; Multiline Literal String ml-literal-string = ml-literal-string-delim [ newline ] ml-literal-body ml-literal-string-delim ml-literal-string-delim = 3apostrophe ml-literal-body = *mll-content *( mll-quotes 1*mll-content ) [ mll-quotes ] mll-content = mll-char / newline mll-char = %x09 / %x20-26 / %x28-7E / non-ascii mll-quotes = 1*2apostrophe ;; Integer integer = dec-int / hex-int / oct-int / bin-int minus = %x2D ; - plus = %x2B ; + underscore = %x5F ; _ digit1-9 = %x31-39 ; 1-9 digit0-7 = %x30-37 ; 0-7 digit0-1 = %x30-31 ; 0-1 hex-prefix = %x30.78 ; 0x oct-prefix = %x30.6F ; 0o bin-prefix = %x30.62 ; 0b dec-int = [ minus / plus ] unsigned-dec-int unsigned-dec-int = DIGIT / digit1-9 1*( DIGIT / underscore DIGIT ) hex-int = hex-prefix HEXDIG *( HEXDIG / underscore HEXDIG ) oct-int = oct-prefix digit0-7 *( digit0-7 / underscore digit0-7 ) bin-int = bin-prefix digit0-1 *( digit0-1 / underscore digit0-1 ) ;; Float float = float-int-part ( exp / frac [ exp ] ) float =/ special-float float-int-part = dec-int frac = decimal-point zero-prefixable-int decimal-point = %x2E ; . zero-prefixable-int = DIGIT *( DIGIT / underscore DIGIT ) exp = "e" float-exp-part float-exp-part = [ minus / plus ] zero-prefixable-int special-float = [ minus / plus ] ( inf / nan ) inf = %x69.6e.66 ; inf nan = %x6e.61.6e ; nan ;; Boolean boolean = true / false true = %x74.72.75.65 ; true false = %x66.61.6C.73.65 ; false ;; Date and Time (as defined in RFC 3339) date-time = offset-date-time / local-date-time / local-date / local-time date-fullyear = 4DIGIT date-month = 2DIGIT ; 01-12 date-mday = 2DIGIT ; 01-28, 01-29, 01-30, 01-31 based on month/year time-delim = "T" / %x20 ; T, t, or space time-hour = 2DIGIT ; 00-23 time-minute = 2DIGIT ; 00-59 time-second = 2DIGIT ; 00-58, 00-59, 00-60 based on leap second rules time-secfrac = "." 1*DIGIT time-numoffset = ( "+" / "-" ) time-hour ":" time-minute time-offset = "Z" / time-numoffset partial-time = time-hour ":" time-minute ":" time-second [ time-secfrac ] full-date = date-fullyear "-" date-month "-" date-mday full-time = partial-time time-offset ;; Offset Date-Time offset-date-time = full-date time-delim full-time ;; Local Date-Time local-date-time = full-date time-delim partial-time ;; Local Date local-date = full-date ;; Local Time local-time = partial-time ;; Array array = array-open [ array-values ] ws-comment-newline array-close array-open = %x5B ; [ array-close = %x5D ; ] array-values = ws-comment-newline val ws-comment-newline array-sep array-values array-values =/ ws-comment-newline val ws-comment-newline [ array-sep ] array-sep = %x2C ; , Comma ws-comment-newline = *( wschar / [ comment ] newline ) ;; Table table = std-table / array-table ;; Standard Table std-table = std-table-open key std-table-close std-table-open = %x5B ws ; [ Left square bracket std-table-close = ws %x5D ; ] Right square bracket ;; Inline Table inline-table = inline-table-open [ inline-table-keyvals ] inline-table-close inline-table-open = %x7B ws ; { inline-table-close = ws %x7D ; } inline-table-sep = ws %x2C ws ; , Comma inline-table-keyvals = keyval [ inline-table-sep inline-table-keyvals ] ;; Array Table array-table = array-table-open key array-table-close array-table-open = %x5B.5B ws ; [[ Double left square bracket array-table-close = ws %x5D.5D ; ]] Double right square bracket ;; Built-in ABNF terms, reproduced here for clarity ALPHA = %x41-5A / %x61-7A ; A-Z / a-z DIGIT = %x30-39 ; 0-9 HEXDIG = DIGIT / "A" / "B" / "C" / "D" / "E" / "F"