XDF - A Language for the Definition and Exchange of Biological Data Sets

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Title: XDF - A Language for the Definition and Exchange of Biological Data Sets
Permanent IRI (for citations and links): http://www.tdwg.org/standards/108
Publisher: Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
Ratified: 1991
Status: Prior standard
Abstract: A database file exchange medium to handle diverse classes of biological data required for file transfers between different database projects
Citation: TDWG XDF Subgroup. 1992. Exchange Data Format (XDF) Standard. IUBS Commission for Plant Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) http://www.tdwg.org/standards/108

This standard is comprised of two documents.

Permanent IRI: http://rs.tdwg.org/xdf/doc/article/
Created: 1992
Last modified: 1992
Contributors: Richard J. White (author); Robert Allkin (author)
Publisher: Elsevier
Abstract: XDF (the Exchange Data Format) is a database file exchange medium to handle diverse classes of biological data required for file transfers between different database projects. Data sets prepared in XDF consists of text files that are effectively independent of any particular project. XDF is a high-level language for describing biological data, with its own syntax and command vocabulary, analogous to the high-level programming languages used to describe software algorithms.
Citation: White, Richard J. and Robert Allkin. 1992. XDF: A Language for the Definition and Exchange of Biological Data Sets. Mathematical and Computer Modelling 16:199-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/0895-7177(92)90163-F

Permanent IRI: http://rs.tdwg.org/xdf/doc/specification/
Created: 1989-11-02
Last modified: 1989-11-02
Contributors: Robert Allkin (author); Richard J. White (author)
Publisher: IUBS Commission for Plant Taxonomic Databases (TDWG)
Abstract: XDF (the Exchange Data Format) is a medium for the exchange of diverse classes of biological data between different database projects and application programs. This document provides a detailed definition of the syntax and conventions followed in the XDF language and of the principal XDF directives. The manual is intended for biologists using XDF either to take advantage of predefined, standard transfer formats or to define their own transfer format.
Citation: Allkin, Robert and Richard J. White. 1989. XDF: A Language for the Definition and Exchange of Biological Data Sets - Description and Manual, version 3.3. IUBS Commission for Plant Taxonomic Databases (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/xdf/doc/specification/