Data format management (DFM) is the application of a systematic approach to the selection and use of the data formats used to encode information for storage...

GCF – format used by the Steam content management system for file archives IMG – format used by Renderware-based Grand Theft Auto games for data storage...

content), three-dimensional objects using U3D or PRC, and various other data formats. The PDF specification also provides for encryption and digital signatures...

This is a comparison of data serialization formats, various ways to convert complex objects to sequences of bits. It does not include markup languages...

database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts...

A technical data management system (TDMS) is a document management system (DMS) pertaining to the management of technical and engineering drawings and...

of data, as proposed by E. F. Codd in 1970. A Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) is a type of database management system that stores data in...

often limited to the audio file format, but its wider use usually refers to the physical method used to store the data. Note on the use of analog compared...

capable of storing data in a format easily readable by a digital computer or a sensor. It contrasts with human-readable medium and data. The result is called...

uptake of DMPs. Preparing a data management plan before data are collected is claimed to ensure that data are in the correct format, organized well, and better...

BAI, or the BAI file format, is a file format for performing electronic cash management balance reporting. The BAI format was developed and previously...

Disk formatting is the process of preparing a data storage device such as a hard disk drive, solid-state drive, floppy disk, memory card or USB flash...

Data virtualization is an approach to data management that allows an application to retrieve and manipulate data without requiring technical details about...

Data retention defines the policies of persistent data and records management for meeting legal and business data archival requirements. Although sometimes...

format developed by Research Information Systems, Incorporated (the format name refers to the company) to enable citation programs to exchange data....

Management Data Input/Output (MDIO), also known as Serial Management Interface (SMI) or Media Independent Interface Management (MIIM), is a serial bus...

information about data such as meaning, relationships to other data, origin, usage, and format". Oracle defines it as a collection of tables with metadata...

storage medium. File formats may be either proprietary or open. Some file formats are designed for very particular types of data: PNG files, for example...

from the native CAD system or inserted by a product data management (PDM) system. The JT format contains a scene graph representation of an assembly...

converted into an electronic format, such as an entry of a biological database. In the modern era of big data, the curation of data has become more prominent...

systems and records management systems. While many electronic document management systems store documents in their native file format (Microsoft Word or...

followed, the clinical data management system (CDMS) to be used, description of data sources, data handling processes, data transfer formats and process, and...

storing 2D images, not 3D ones. The data stored in an image file format may be compressed or uncompressed. If the data is compressed, it may be done so using...

tag data. DNG, the Adobe digital negative format, is an extension of the TIFF 6.0 format and is compatible with TIFF/EP, and uses various open formats and...

computer log management, the Common Log Format, also known as the NCSA Common log format, (after NCSA HTTPd) is a standardized text file format used by web...

A data lake is a system or repository of data stored in its natural/raw format, usually object blobs or files. A data lake is usually a single store of...

The Object Data Management Group (ODMG) was conceived in the summer of 1991 at a breakfast with object database vendors that was organized by Rick Cattell...

different source and target schema (proprietary data formats) may exist. An "exchange" or "interchange format" is often developed for a single domain, and...

(CSV) is a text file format that uses commas to separate values, and newlines to separate records. A CSV file stores tabular data (numbers and text) in...

A proprietary file format is a file format of a company, organization, or individual that contains data that is ordered and stored according to a particular...