Filematch: a format for the interchange of computer-based files of structured data |
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Authors: | P.G. Sutterlin K.G. Jeffery E.M. Gill |
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Affiliation: | Department of Geology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada;NERC Central Computing Group, Atlas Computing Division, Rutherford Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, England |
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Abstract: | The structure of data in computer-based files is information which may not be explicit in the files themselves, but is incorporated in part in the computer software designed to process the files. If a computer-processable file of data is to be processed using a “system” other than the one used to generate the file initially, conversion of the file to another format is normally necessary. A format, called FILEMATCH, is presented which for structures encountered in earth science data, incorporates the structural information in the files themselves, thus providing a medium for interchange of files among a variety of software systems. |
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Keywords: | Data files Data structures Data-management systems Computer-based data files Data communication |
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