Formats Evolution Process (FEP) - Format Resources


		Formats Evolution Process (FEP) - Format Resources
		Resource information is available for the following formats: ASCII Binary CDF FITS HDF (a.k.a. HDF4) HDF5 IDFS NetCDF ODL PDS PVL QSAS ASCII SFDU UCLA Flat File System XDF Other Links Much of this information was extracted from templates completed as part of the Formats Evolution Proecess. ASCII Related Templates Researcher - Santiago Researcher - Sibeck Archive - PDS - ASCII See also: QSAS ASCII Resources Binary Related Templates Researcher - Santiago See also: Resources CDF Related Templates Format Developer Archive - CDF Project Data System - GOES Project Data System - ISTP Researcher - Codrescu Researcher - Szabo See also: NetCDF Resources CDF home page ( http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cdf) CDF User's Guide is available on the CDF home page A complete list of APIs and their descriptions are documented in the CDF C Reference Maunual and the CDF Fortran Reference Manual that are available on the CDF home page CDF has the following mechanisms to receive user's questions, comments, and suggestions: mailing list ( cdfsupport@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov CDF home page ( http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cdf) direct phone line to the CDF help desk Voice: +1 301-286-9884 FAX: +1 301-286-1771 FITS Related Templates Researcher - McGlynn Researcher - Giglio Archive - CDA Archive - HEASARC Resources The FITS format is properly defined in documents referenced at http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_home.html. HDF (a.k.a. HDF4) Related Templates Format Developer Project Data System - ACE Researcher - Santiago Resources HDF as an Archive Format: Issues and Recommendations http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/archive/hdfasarchivefmt.htm HDF website: http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ HDF-EOS website: http://hdfeos.gsfc.nasa.gov/hdfeos/workshop.html A list of non-developer software http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/tools.html. HDF5 Related Templates Format Developer Resources HDF5 Format spec: http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/H5.format.html HDF5 website: http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/ IDFS Related Templates Format Developer Project Data System - UARS/PEM Resources IDFS Data to IDL Interface Translator. This URL also contains a short tutorial on using the interface: http://msslsx.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/missions/cluster/idfs_data_to_idl/idfs_to_ idl.html">. NetCDF Related Templates Researcher - Hunt Researcher - Sahr See also: CDF Resources ODL Related Templates Archive - PDS - ODL Resources PDS Related Templates Format Developer Archive - PDS - PDS Resources http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/ - PDS Home Page http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/prepare.html - PDS documentation - links to Standards Ref, Data Dictionary, and Da ta Preparation Workbook http://pdsproto.jpl.nasa.gov/DDColStdVal/newdd/Top.CFM - Data Dictionary - DB Interface PVL Related Templates See also: QSAS ASCII Resources QSAS ASCII Related Templates Format Developer See also: ASCII PVL Resources General Information through our homepage: http://www.space-plasma.qmw.ac.uk/ Specific sub-pages include: SOFTWARE - from which there are obvious links to pages describing QSAS and Qtran QSAS/CU-QMW-TN-0011/FileSyntax.html - holds the html version of the document defining the ASCII file syntax in full. The Qtran page has links to this and the Postscript version. QSAS/QIE/DataExchangeMan/DataExchangeMan.html is the Programmer's Manual for the Qtran modules. DOC/DS-QMW-TN-0003.ps is the definitive reference on Cluster CDF files, and therefore contains complete specification of SI_conversion and other ISTP/Cluster metadata. SFDU Related Templates Project Data System - ISTP Resources UCLA Flat File System Related Templates Developer Project Data System - various Resources Louise Lee is in charge of the ff sytem at UCLA leel@igpp.ucla.edu UDF Related Templates Researcher - Santiago See also: Resources XDF Related Templates Format Developer Resources Other Links Yahoo - Computers and Internet - Information and Documentation - Data Formats Whatsit's Format sci.data.formats newsgroup sci.data.formats FAQ (last update 13 Oct 1995) or in http form Standard File Formats (not scientific file formats)

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URL: http://ssdoo.gsfc.nasa.gov/nost/fep/format-resources.html A service of NOST at NSSDC. Access statistics for this web are available. Comments and suggestions are always welcome. Curator: John Garrett (John.Garrett@gsfc.nasa.gov) +1.301.286.3575 NASA Official: Code 633.2 / Don Sawyer (Don.Sawyer@gsfc.nasa.gov) +1.301.286.2748 Last Revised: 27 December 2000, John Garrett