Parse::CPAN::Meta is a parser for META.yml files, based on the parser half of YAML::Tiny. It supports a basic subset of the full YAML specification, enough to implement parsing of typical META.yml files, and other similarly simple YAML files. If you need something with more power, move up to a full YAML parser such as YAML, YAML::Syck or YAML::LibYAML. Parse::CPAN::Meta provides a very simply API of only two functions, based on the YAML functions of the same name. Wherever possible, identical calling semantics are used.