&quot;Protocol buffers are a language-neutral, platform-neutral extensible mechanism for serializing structured data.&quot; [1]<p>Interesting, I figured Google was handling data serialization in their own way, and now I know[2]<p>[1]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developers.google.com&#x2F;protocol-buffers&#x2F;docs&#x2F;overview" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developers.google.com&#x2F;protocol-buffers&#x2F;docs&#x2F;overview</a>
[2]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;google&#x2F;protobuf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;google&#x2F;protobuf</a>