A device receives a conflicted file, with a structured data format, that includes a conflict marker that does not comply with the structured data format. The conflict marker identifies first edited information and second edited information included in the conflicted file. The first edited information and the second edited information comply with the structured data format, and include information that has been modified in different versions of a shared file to create the conflicted file. The device detects that the conflicted file includes the conflict marker, and identifies, based on the detected conflict marker, the first edited information and the second edited information. The device determines that at least one of the first edited information or the second edited information is to be provided to the application for processing, and provides, based on the determining, the first edited information or the second edited information to the application for processing.