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Summaries of the most popular scientific data formats are given below. If you are familiar with a format that is not listed here, please contact us at the address given in the preface.
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Fortner, B. (1995). Popular Scientific Data Formats. In: The Data Handbook. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2538-6_15
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