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== General description ==

Starlink Data Format (SDF) files are a container format, primarily for astronomical data, developed by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_Project UK Starlink Project] (1980--2005).

The main 'user' of .sdf files was the same project's higher-level [[N-Dimensional_Data_Format|NDF]] format.

== Other information ==

The Starlink Project<ref>The Starlink Project, http://starlink.jach.hawaii.edu/</ref> ran from 1980 to 2005, and has been supported, since its funding ended, by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Astronomy_Centre Joint Astronomy Centre, Hawai`i].

There is no standard SDF MIME type. Almost all SDF files used a <code>.sdf</code> file extension.

== Software ==

The Starlink software suite reads, writes and manipulates SDF files.

== Sample files ==

No collections known.

== Identification ==

Not known

== References ==

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 == Identification ==
-'''SDF''' format changed from [[HDF]]4 to [[HDF5]] in 2018.<ref>https://www.eaobservatory.org/jcmt/2018/11/changes-to-the-ndf-sdf-data-format/</ref>
+'''SDF''' format changed from [[HDF4]] to [[HDF5]] in 2018.<ref>https://www.eaobservatory.org/jcmt/2018/11/changes-to-the-ndf-sdf-data-format/</ref>
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 == Sample files ==
-No collections known.
+* [https://ftp.eao.hawaii.edu/jcmt/usersmeetings/ Sample Starlink data sets]
 == Identification ==
-Not known
+'''SDF''' format changed from [[HDF]]4 to [[HDF5]] in 2018.<ref>https://www.eaobservatory.org/jcmt/2018/11/changes-to-the-ndf-sdf-data-format/</ref>
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 == Other information ==
-The Starlink Project<ref>The Starlink Project, http://starlink.jach.hawaii.edu/</ref> ran from 1980 to 2005, and has been supported, since its funding ended, by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Astronomy_Centre Joint Astronomy Centre, Hawai`i].
+The Starlink Project<ref>The Starlink Project, https://starlink.eao.hawaii.edu/starlink/WelcomePage</ref> ran from 1980 to 2005, and has been supported, since its funding ended, by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Astronomy_Centre Joint Astronomy Centre, Hawai`i]. It's now now maintained by the [https://starlink.eao.hawaii.edu/starlink/WelcomePage East Asian Observatory].
 There is no standard SDF MIME type.  Almost all SDF files used a <code>.sdf</code> file extension.