Binary Application Markup Language

The Binary Application Markup Language is a file format of Microsoft that is generated by compiling XAML files.[1]

Binary Application Markup Language (BAML)
Filename extension
.baml
Developed byMicrosoft
Type of formatUser interface markup language
Extended fromXAML

Generation

An XAML file can be compiled into a Binary Application Markup Language file with the .BAML extension,[2] which may be inserted as a resource into a .NET Framework assembly. At run-time, the framework engine extracts the .BAML file from assembly resources, parses it, and creates a corresponding WPF visual tree or workflow. Having this format, the content is loadable faster during runtime, because the XAML is enriched by tokens, and lexical analysis is completed.

gollark: Can I remove that safely?
gollark: Oh, I *see*. Each message has an ID assigned for ???.
gollark: Can anyone save me?!
gollark: So can you explain why the linked chats file is 1.2MB?
gollark: Oh hey, WM uses my horrible SQLite abstraction layer too!

References
  1. "WPF Globalization and Localization Overview: Localize a WPF Application". http://msdn.microsoft.com/: Microsoft MSDN. Retrieved 2011-08-24. The BAML form of XAML so that you can localize at the same time that you develop.
  2. unknown (2009-07-30). "What is BAML?". http://www.dotnetspider.com/: DOTNET Spider. Retrieved 2011-08-18. BAML means Binary Application Markup Language, which is a compiled version of the XAML. When you compile your XAML, it creates the BAML file.
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