Checklist-Formatting-Rules.md

+The following is an explanation of the way FOSSFlight Checklists are parsed when imported. 
+
+
+#### Basic file format and file extension
+The file is expected to be formatted in a CSV format, with a file extension of `.csv`  
+This is done to facilitate checklist creation and customizations being done using your favorite spreadsheet application.  
+
+A FOSSFlight checklist file is expected to contain checklists for one aircraft.  
+A FOSSFlight checklist file can contain numerous checklists.  
+
+Each row of the csv file is expected to have at least one comma.  Rows missing a comma will be ignored.  
+
+
+#### Tail Number
+The parser attempts to apply the filename as the tail number. This can easily be corrected after the checklists are imported.   
+
+
+#### Checklist Name and Type
+A Checklist is identified by the string in the second column ending with the word ' checklist' ([space]checklist)  
+The type of the checklist is indicated by the word proceeding the word 'checklist'.  
+For example...  'Standard Checklist'  
+The name of the checklist is identified by the string, in the first column, of the same row where the second column identifies the checklist type.
+
+
+#### Checklist Items
+Each Checklist item line should contain only one comma.  Text after the second token will be ignored.  
+The text before the comma is the Checklist Item Name.  
+The text after the comma is the Checklist Item Action.
+
+
+#### End of the Checklist
+Each checklist should end with a blank row
+