Mention the format of the backing store. YAML and JSON were invented within a month of each other. (f591f09)

README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ It is written in Python and yet harkens back to a simpler era before Redis and R
 
 ## Dependencies and Guarantees
 
-kvs uses a local file for its backing store. Its ACID properties are as follows:
+kvs uses a local file for its backing store, and stores the data in the human-friendly
+[YAML](http://yaml.org/) format. Its ACID properties are as follows:
 
 * **Atomicity**: Either all tuples in a transaction are successfully saved or none are.
 * **Consistency**: Only valid states are saved, and saves are atomic. 
@@ -25,18 +26,22 @@ If you're me, and you want to contribute to the repo, then you can clone it like
 
 # Building it
 
-1. Enable Python pages at your web server. See [How to use Python in the web](https://docs.python.org/2/howto/webservers.html#). My configuration is for Apache, hence the .htaccess file.
-2. Move auth\_sample.txt to auth.txt, and replace `yourauthorizationhere` with a passcode you choose. chmod 600 the file or deny access to it via .htaccess.
+1. Enable Python pages at your web server. See [How to use Python in the web](https://docs.python.org/2/howto/webservers.html#).
+   My configuration is for Apache, hence the .htaccess file.
+2. Move auth\_sample.txt to auth.txt, and replace `yourauthorizationhere` with a passcode you choose.
+   chmod 600 the file or deny access to it via .htaccess.
 3. Optional: Use secure HTTP. I recommend getting a free SSL certificate from [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/).
 4. If you don't have the YAML module, pip install pyyaml.
 
 # Using it
 
-Here is [a live instance that serves an index page](https://kvs.dlma.com/).  You can send a key to get a value like so:
+Here is [a live instance that serves an index page](https://kvs.dlma.com/). 
+You can send a key to get a value like so:
 
     https://kvs.dlma.com/?k=1GM35N000010
 
-Special use case, here's how to get the value for the most-recently updated key of a list of keys. The list could contain any number of keys, but only one value will be returned. 
+Special use case, here's how to get the value for the most-recently updated key of a
+list of keys. The list could contain any number of keys, but only one value will be returned.
 
     https://kvs.dlma.com/?k=1GM35N000010,1GU44N010910
 


...	...	@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ It is written in Python and yet harkens back to a simpler era before Redis and R
5	5
6	6	## Dependencies and Guarantees
7	7
8		-kvs uses a local file for its backing store. Its ACID properties are as follows:
	8	+kvs uses a local file for its backing store, and stores the data in the human-friendly
	9	+[YAML](http://yaml.org/) format. Its ACID properties are as follows:
9	10
10	11	* Atomicity: Either all tuples in a transaction are successfully saved or none are.
11	12	* Consistency: Only valid states are saved, and saves are atomic.
...	...	@@ -25,18 +26,22 @@ If you're me, and you want to contribute to the repo, then you can clone it like
25	26
26	27	# Building it
27	28
28		-1. Enable Python pages at your web server. See [How to use Python in the web](https://docs.python.org/2/howto/webservers.html#). My configuration is for Apache, hence the .htaccess file.
29		-2. Move auth\_sample.txt to auth.txt, and replace `yourauthorizationhere` with a passcode you choose. chmod 600 the file or deny access to it via .htaccess.
	29	+1. Enable Python pages at your web server. See [How to use Python in the web](https://docs.python.org/2/howto/webservers.html#).
	30	+ My configuration is for Apache, hence the .htaccess file.
	31	+2. Move auth\_sample.txt to auth.txt, and replace `yourauthorizationhere` with a passcode you choose.
	32	+ chmod 600 the file or deny access to it via .htaccess.
30	33	3. Optional: Use secure HTTP. I recommend getting a free SSL certificate from [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/).
31	34	4. If you don't have the YAML module, pip install pyyaml.
32	35
33	36	# Using it
34	37
35		-Here is [a live instance that serves an index page](https://kvs.dlma.com/). You can send a key to get a value like so:
	38	+Here is [a live instance that serves an index page](https://kvs.dlma.com/).
	39	+You can send a key to get a value like so:
36	40
37	41	https://kvs.dlma.com/?k=1GM35N000010
38	42
39		-Special use case, here's how to get the value for the most-recently updated key of a list of keys. The list could contain any number of keys, but only one value will be returned.
	43	+Special use case, here's how to get the value for the most-recently updated key of a
	44	+list of keys. The list could contain any number of keys, but only one value will be returned.
40	45
41	46	https://kvs.dlma.com/?k=1GM35N000010,1GU44N010910
42	47
43	48

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