.msl
4 claimants
1 primary
0 secondary
unambiguous primary
SWH popularity
From the SWH-MSR-ARV dataset (Desmazières, Di Cosmo, Lorentz, MSR 2025; file nb_extensions_alphanum.csv) — one row per (ext, year) in the full SWH archive. Case-aggregated. citation.
202.5K
total occurrences
77.5K
since 2019 (38.3%)
1999–2023
years active
Case variants in archive: .msl (202.4K), .MSL (45), .mSL (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to MASL as primary by 1 authoritative claim.
Authoritative sources: ✗ Linguist · no claim ✗ Pygments · no claim ✓ Wikidata · Q11231091 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (4)
Languages that list
.msl among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| MASL | wikidata | primary |
| Magick Scripting Language | heuristic:wikidata_keyword_pl_shape | proposed |
| Mapping Specification Language (ASCII) | heuristic:wikidata_keyword_pl_shape | proposed |
| Mapping Specification Language (UTF-8) | heuristic:wikidata_keyword_pl_shape | proposed |
Wikidata says… (5)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.msl on Wikidata
(property P1195) or in the Wikipedia infobox.
Source: data/derived/external_extension_index.csv.
Click Use as new PL on any row to open the
Add-PL form pre-filled with that entry's name, Wikipedia/Wikidata
URL, and this extension — one submission creates the PL + claim.
| Format | Class (Wikidata P31) | Suggested label | MIME | Notes | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMDIS Target Compounds Library Q105822792 mass spectrometry file format | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Magick Scripting Language Q97033393 file format | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Mapping Specification Language (ASCII) Q105863731 file format | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .msl in our local mirror yet.