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A Data Format is a way of representing or exchanging information electronically.
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x Comma-Separated Values A wizard importing a CSV file into MS Access 2007 text/csv   text/csv
A comma-separated values (CSV) file is used for the digital storage of data structured in a table of lists form, where each associated item (member) in a group is in association with others also separated by the commas of its set. Each line in the...
x Tab-Separated Values   text/tab-separated-values   text/tab-separated-values  
x XML xmlsample.png      
XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a set of rules for encoding documents electronically. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C and several other related specifications; all are fee-free open standards. XML’s design goals...
x LDAP Data Interchange Format        
The LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) is a standard plain text data interchange format for representing LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) directory content and update requests. LDIF conveys directory content as a set of records, one...
x General Data Format for Biomedical Signals        
The General Data Format for Biomedical Signals is a scientific and medical data file format. The aim of GDF is to combine and integrate the best features of all [biosignal file formats] into a single file format. [GDF v1] uses a binary header, and...
x HTML HTML syntax highlighting text/html htm text/html
HTML, which stands for Hyper Text Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for web pages. It provides a means to create structured documents by denoting structural semantics for text such as headings, paragraphs, lists etc as well as for...
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x RSS   application/rss+xml    
RSS (most commonly translated as "Really Simple Syndication" but sometimes "Rich Site Summary") is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format....
x Atom   application/atom+xml   application/atom+xml
The name Atom applies to a pair of related standards. The Atom Syndication Format is an XML language used for web feeds, while the Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub or APP) is a simple HTTP-based protocol for creating and updating web resources. Web...
x Hand-Entered Data        
This "format" describes information that's exchanged via a human typing in data from a printed source or the screen of an incompatible software system.
x Embeddable Web Widget        
While this is not, strictly speaking, a data format, it's a way that many online sites make information available to other sites.  These are often implemented in HTML and Javascript, and sometimes Flash.
x SOAP        
SOAP, originally defined as Simple Object Access Protocol, is a protocol specification for exchanging structured information in the implementation of Web Services in computer networks. It relies on Extensible Markup Language (XML) as its message...
x Portable Document Format Acroread application/pdf pdf application/pdf
The Portable Document Format (PDF) is the file format created by Adobe Systems, in 1993, for document exchange. PDF is used for representing two-dimensional documents in a device-independent and display resolution-independent fixed-layout document...
x JSON   application/json   application/json
JSON, short for JavaScript Object Notation, is a lightweight computer data interchange format. It is a text-based, human-readable format for representing simple data structures and associative arrays (called objects). The JSON format was originally...
x PNG PNG transparency demonstration 1 image/png png image/png
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) is a bitmapped image format that employs lossless data compression. PNG was created to improve upon and replace GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) as an image-file format not requiring a patent license. It is...
x Shapefile The files of an ESRI shapefile shown in Windows Explorer   shp  
The ESRI Shapefile or simply a shapefile is a popular geospatial vector data format for geographic information systems software. It is developed and regulated by ESRI as a (mostly) open specification for data interoperability among ESRI and other...
x Microformats Microformats Logo application/xhtml+xml   application/xhtml+xml
A microformat is a web-based approach to semantic markup that seeks to re-use existing XHTML and HTML tags to convey metadata and other attributes. This approach allows information intended for end-users (such as contact information, geographic...
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