Scientific Data formats
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* [[NetCDF]] (Network Common Data Format) | * [[NetCDF]] (Network Common Data Format) | ||
* [[XDF]] (eXtensible Data Format) | * [[XDF]] (eXtensible Data Format) | ||
| + | * [[XSIL]] (Extensible Scientific Interchange Language) | ||
| − | == Astronomical == | + | == Astronomical and Space == |
* [[FITS]] (Flexible Image Transport System) | * [[FITS]] (Flexible Image Transport System) | ||
| + | * [[PDS/ODL]] (Planetary Data System) | ||
== Chemical == | == Chemical == | ||
* [[Chemical data]] | * [[Chemical data]] | ||
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| + | == Ecological == | ||
| + | * [[Darwin Core]] (Standard for sharing information about biological diversity) | ||
| + | * [[EML]] (Ecological Metadata Language) | ||
== Geographic and Geospatial == | == Geographic and Geospatial == | ||
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* [[DOQ]] (Digital Orthophotos) | * [[DOQ]] (Digital Orthophotos) | ||
* [[e00]] (ESRI ArcInfo Interchange File) | * [[e00]] (ESRI ArcInfo Interchange File) | ||
| + | * [[FGDC]] (Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata??) | ||
* [[GeoTIFF]] (Geospatial extensions to TIFF) | * [[GeoTIFF]] (Geospatial extensions to TIFF) | ||
* [[GML]] (Geography Markup Language) | * [[GML]] (Geography Markup Language) | ||
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* [[DICOM]] | * [[DICOM]] | ||
| − | == | + | == Oceanographic and Atmospheric == |
* [[GRIB]] (Grid in Binary) | * [[GRIB]] (Grid in Binary) | ||
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== Physics == | == Physics == | ||
| + | * [[NeXuS]] (Common data format for neutron, x-ray and muon science) | ||
* [[QCDml]] (Lattice QCD gauge configuration markup language) | * [[QCDml]] (Lattice QCD gauge configuration markup language) | ||
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| + | == Social Sciences == | ||
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| + | * [[DDI]] (Data Documentation Initiative) | ||
| + | * [[SAS]] (Statistical package) | ||
| + | * [[SPSS]] (Statistical package) | ||
Revision as of 01:00, 3 November 2012
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General
- cdf (Common Data Format)
- hdf (Hierarchical Data Format, from NASA)
- NetCDF (Network Common Data Format)
- XDF (eXtensible Data Format)
- XSIL (Extensible Scientific Interchange Language)
Astronomical and Space
Chemical
Ecological
- Darwin Core (Standard for sharing information about biological diversity)
- EML (Ecological Metadata Language)
Geographic and Geospatial
See also Geospatial
- DEM (Digital Elevation Model)
- DOQ (Digital Orthophotos)
- e00 (ESRI ArcInfo Interchange File)
- FGDC (Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata??)
- GeoTIFF (Geospatial extensions to TIFF)
- GML (Geography Markup Language)
- HDFEOS, HD2, HD4 (Hierarchical Data Format-Earth Observing System)
- KML (KML (formerly Keyhole Markup Language), Version 2.2)
- NDF (National Landsat Archive Production System (NLAPS) Data Format)
- SAIF (Spatial Archive and Interchange Format, Canadian)
- SDTS (Spatial Data Transfer Standard)
- shp and shx (ESRI Shaepfile must have components; other optional components as well, see entry)
- SID (MrSID- Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database)
- TAB (MapInfo dataset format, must have component)
Mathematical
Medical Imaging
Oceanographic and Atmospheric
- GRIB (Grid in Binary)
- BUFR (Binary Universal Format Representation)
- IOAPI (netCDF augmented with metadata from the I/O API)
Physics
- NeXuS (Common data format for neutron, x-ray and muon science)
- QCDml (Lattice QCD gauge configuration markup language)
