Convert TSV to XML

Want to convert TSV file to XML file?

Try Withdata Data File Converter, a desktop TSV to XML converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Convert TSV to XML, Easy and Fast.

• Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
• Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
• Convert files locally and privately, avoid uploading large TSV file(s) to online services.
• Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.

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Convert TSV to XML

Choose TSV file -> Set XML file -> Convert TSV to XML

“Start a New Convert” for “TSV to XML”.

Select From “File” “TSV” To “File” “XML”.

1. Open source TSV file.

Support large TSV file ( > 4GB ).

Source TSV file’s content is like this:

2. Config target XML file.

3. Set rows options.

4. Convert TSV to XML.

After converting, you can view the output XML file.

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More about TSV to XML converter

See Video: Convert TSV file to XML file without coding

See also:

• Merge multiple TSV files into one XML
• Batch convert TSV files to XML files

TSV → XML reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in TSV	in XML
Int	1234	<int>1234</int>
Bigint	9007199254740993	<bigint>9007199254740993</bigint>
Decimal	1234.56	<decimal>1234.56</decimal>
Float	1.234e+10	<float>1.234e10</float>
Text	unquoted; a tab in the value splits the column	<char>text</char>
Long text	unquoted; newlines break the row	<text>multi-line text</text> (entities for &amp; &lt;)
Date	2026-09-18	<date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD)
Datetime	2026-09-18 14:30:00	<datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime)
Binary	not representable	<blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary)
Boolean	TRUE / FALSE	<bool>true</bool>
JSON	the whole JSON value as-is (its own quotes stay)	escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree

Dialect differences

Both TSV and XML are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.

Property	in TSV	in XML
identifiers	Rarely used, which is exactly why tabs in data break it	Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ...
dates	Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00	Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play)
binary	Not supported - must be encoded	base64Binary / hexBinary inside text
separator	Tab	Tags, not delimiters
encoding	No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM	Declared in the XML declaration
typing	None - every field is text	None in the markup itself
shape	Flat table, optional header row	Arbitrary tree
ceiling	No formal limit	Whole document is usually parsed into memory

Convert TSV to XML the easy way

Use the TSV to XML converter — an offline desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux. Nothing to upload, large files and batch runs supported (free trial).

New to the format? Read what a TSV file is (and how it differs from CSV).