Why would one choose YAML over XML or any other formats?
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I agree with Sergio; YAML provides a format which is easily editable by humans, but also a good way to cleanly represent data structures.
YAML tends to be much more human-readable, IMO.
YAML is more of a data serialisation technique, rather than a markup language.