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Summary
Name	Common Data Format dotCDF
Version	2.6-2.7
Other names
Identifiers	Library of Congress Format Description Identifier: fdd000226 PUID: fmt/1949 Wikidata QID Identifier: Q1116060
Family
Classification	Dataset
Disclosure
Description	Common Data Format is a library and toolkit that was developed by the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) at NASA, used for the storage and processing of multi-dimensional datasets. The ‘dotCDF’ file as described in the specification refers specifically to the filetype with extension .cdf. The dotCDF file may be a standalone file containing everything it needs, or it may have companion ‘variable’ files with the extension .vX, where X represents an incrementing numeric value, e.g. .v0, .v1 etc. This entry covers versions 2.6-2.7. Version 2.6 introduced optional compression.
Orientation
Byte order
Related file formats	Is previous version of Common Data Format dotCDF (3.x) Is subsequent version of Common Data Format dotCDF (2.0-2.5)
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Preservica / Preservica
Source date	11 Apr 2024
Source description
Last updated	11 Apr 2024
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