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Summary
Name	YAODL (Yet Another Object Description Language) File
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Identifiers	PUID: fmt/1663
Family
Classification	Text (Structured)
Disclosure
Description	SGI YAODL (Yet Another Object Description Language) is a description language used for storing 3D object data to disk files. YAODL is an obsolete format created specifically for the Silicon Graphics Powerflip demo program, but it is not widely supported by SGI. The format is an example of a basic vector-object description language and is stored in plain text (ASCII) format.
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Related file formats	None.
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Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration
Source date	29 Mar 2022
Source description
Last updated	29 Mar 2022
Note	http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/SGI_YAODL http://paulbourke.net/dataformats/yaodl/