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It's not really a standalone file format, it's executable Lua code.
It returns a new item with the given table contents.
That syntax with the keys in square brackets is the "long-form" method of creating a new table, that's allows the use of spaces and dashes in the key name.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34687498/what-is-the-function-of-square-brackets-around-table-keys-in-lua
Maybe this is the lua-equivelent of a python Pickle file?
~~This isn't Lua code, Lua requires commas as separators for table items.~~
EDIT: Retracted, it seems like Lua allows this madness
Lua isn't that picky.
Wow. Seems like I will never stop learning new things about Lua.