In fairness, usage of CSV-like formats pre-dates the CSV RFC by almost 30 years, which was authored in 2005 specifically to try to formalize a de-facto spec: >

In fairness, usage of CSV-like formats pre-dates the CSV RFC by almost 30 years, which was authored in 2005 specifically to try to formalize a de-facto spec: > Surprisingly, while this format is very common, it has never been formally documented. [1] [1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180#section-1 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180#section-1