Talk:Property list

Mac OS bias (ignoring NeXT and GNU)
This article, before I got to it, had what I would call a "deep Mac OS bias". That is to say, it ignored NeXTSTEP, which is where plist files originated, and GNUstep, which also implements plists. I've tried to fix that, along with other factual inaccuracies. – Andyluciano 22:43, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Move?
I think this page should be moved to something like Property List, property list, Property List file, or property list file. – Mipadi 16:52, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Recent edit
Removed advertisement (which was factually incorrect to boot; said that a GUI tool was a command line tool). Imo, a list of plist editors apart from Apple's own does fit with the article, but in the External Links section or something, not where it was before my edit. --Devnevyn 15:05, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

MIME type?
Is there MIME type for plist? May I suggest   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.70.200.181 (talk) 10:52, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Nokia
OMG! The Nokia "Web Runtime" widget format uses a plist file! See: and

Of course Nokia defines their "own" DTD, but the file looks just like a Mac OS X plist. Maybe this has to do with the browser being based on Webkit? Nice influence however.. >;-)

--81.10.136.83 (talk) 18:05, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Dead Applescript feature link....
http://www.apple.com/applescript/features/propertylists.html is improperly used in the article, and the link is dead; it redirects to something generic now. I suppose I could replace it with http://web.archive.org/web/20090424003555/http://www.apple.com/applescript/features/propertylists.html but .... well, I'll do that, and convert to a reference...--Elvey (talk) 00:51, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Naming Convention
Can someone add a section about the naming convention of plists? It's the information I was looking for on this page and didn't see it. (Specifically, I was trying to figure out why all the plists start with com or org before resolving to the application). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.91.29.182 (talk) 22:51, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Many Issues

 * 1) This page is still biased toward OSX.
 * 2) As such the page talks about property list files, specifically OSX implementation of such files.
 * 3) Property lists are also a type of Associative array, which is a Data type.
 * 4) There is no mention of Lisp which has used plists since it's inception, or at least since 1990.

This page should be named "Property List (File)" and another page similar to Hash Table should be created, or This page should keep the name, but become about Property Lists in general (Data Type, File Type, Applications in Systems, Applications in Computer Science or Programming).

173.15.164.249 (talk) 19:00, 10 February 2016 (UTC) Elijah Beale

Yes, I agree, especially with the OSX bias. DoggieTimesTwo (talk) 22:48, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Too short of a "See Also"
The See Also section seems too short for a big heading. Maybe merging it to another section or making it smaller? DoggieTimesTwo (talk) 22:48, 22 May 2020 (UTC)