Computable Document Format

File Format
Name	Computable Document Format
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Document Computable Document Format
Extension(s)	.cdf
MIME Type(s)	application/vnd.wolfram.cdf.text, application/vnd.wolfram.cdf
Released	2011

Computable Document Format (CDF) is a dynamic document format associated with the Mathematica mathematics software. It is a text format.

CDF is publicly documented, but it is pretty much impossible to properly render it without using components of the proprietary Mathematica software.

Specifications

• Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center - Allegedly, CDF is documented here.

Software

• Wolfram CDF Player
• Mathematica

Sample files

• Wolfram Demonstrations Project → * → "Download Demonstration as CDF"

Links

• CDF website
• Wikipedia:Computable Document Format
• Wikipedia:CDF Player