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XDG Base Directory Specification

specification of the directory structure for storing per-user data on Linux
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XDG Base Directory Specification

Summary

XDG Base Directory Specification is a technical standard[1].

Key Facts

  • XDG Base Directory Specification authored Lennart Poettering[2].
  • XDG Base Directory Specification authored Waldo Bastian[3].
  • XDG Base Directory Specification authored Johannes Löthberg[4].
  • XDG Base Directory Specification's instance of is recorded as technical standard[5].
  • XDG Base Directory Specification's official website is recorded as https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html[6].
  • XDG Base Directory Specification's facet of is recorded as desktop Linux[7].
  • XDG Base Directory Specification's facet of is recorded as Unix directory structure[8].
  • XDG Base Directory Specification's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as XDG/Base_Directories[9].
  • XDG Base Directory Specification's ArchWiki article is recorded as XDG_Base_Directory[10].

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Designation and Status

XDG Base Directory Specification's instance of is recorded as technical standard[5].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_xdg-base-directory-specification_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{XDG Base Directory Specification}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/xdg-base-directory-specification}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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