Research Data Management 101
File Organization & File Formats
File formats: preferred examples
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Proprietary Format |
Alternative/Preferred Format |
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Excel (.xls, .xlsx) |
Comma Separated Values (.csv) ASCII |
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Word (.doc, .docx) |
plain text (.txt), XML, PDF/A, HTML, ODF or if formatting is needed, PDF/A (.pdf) |
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PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx) |
PDF/A (.pdf), ODP, JPEG 2000, PDF, PNG |
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Photoshop (.psd) |
TIFF (.tif, .tiff), |
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Quicktime (.mov) |
MPEG-4 (.mp4), MOV, AVI, MXF |
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Sounds |
WAVE, AIFF |
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Containers |
TAR, GZIP, ZIP |
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Databases |
XML, CSV |