Indeed there is a lack of a standard format for CVs, but this is the same for many other things in computing/IT/software in general. See the well known XKCD com

Indeed there is a lack of a standard format for CVs, but this is the same for many other things in computing/IT/software in general. See the well known XKCD comic for standards [0] :-) I don’t know if it helps, but in EU we have a well known and familiar format for the Europass CV [1] allowing someone to create a CV and then store it in 29 languages and also download it in various formats (xml included). [0] https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/ [1] https://europa.eu/europass/en/create-europass-cv https://europa.eu/europass/en/create-europass-cv