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'''[[BFD]]''' (Binary Format Description, not Big F***ing Deal) is an [[XML]] format based on [[XSIL]] (eXtensible Scientific Interchange Language). It is intended to be used to describe file formats, similarly to [[DFDL]]; these appear to be two initiatives aiming at the same thing.
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'''BFD''' (Binary Format Description, not Big F***ing Deal) is an [[XML]] format based on [[XSIL]] (eXtensible Scientific Interchange Language). It is intended to be used to describe file formats, similarly to [[DFDL]]; these appear to be two initiatives aiming at the same thing.
  
 
Despite the "binary" in its name, BFD can also describe text-based ([[ASCII]]) file formats, since text is, after all, one variety of binary data.
 
Despite the "binary" in its name, BFD can also describe text-based ([[ASCII]]) file formats, since text is, after all, one variety of binary data.
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== Links ==
 
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* [http://collaboratory.emsl.pnl.gov/sam/bfd/ Page describing BFD]
 
* [http://collaboratory.emsl.pnl.gov/sam/bfd/ Page describing BFD]
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[[Category:XML based file formats]]

Latest revision as of 16:26, 14 August 2017

File Format
Name BFD
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BFD (Binary Format Description, not Big F***ing Deal) is an XML format based on XSIL (eXtensible Scientific Interchange Language). It is intended to be used to describe file formats, similarly to DFDL; these appear to be two initiatives aiming at the same thing.

Despite the "binary" in its name, BFD can also describe text-based (ASCII) file formats, since text is, after all, one variety of binary data.

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