MGDS Vocabulary Terms: file_format_id ASCII, Text file format. Should contain a header describing contents of the file, including units. ASCII:ESRI, ESRI ASCII grid format. The first six lines indicate georeferencing information for the grid, followed by the values listed in the order they would naturally appear (left-right, top-down). ASCII:GMRT, Bill Haxby format ASCII "files" file used for GMRT ingestion ASCII:GXF, Grid eXchange File - an ASCII grid format developed by GeoSoft and commonly used for gravity/magnetics studies ASCII:MBSystemSVP, MBSystem standard sound velocity profile text file format. ASCII:SourceInfo, LDEO Langseth source shot number, volume, pressure data, First appeared with cruise MGL2104. ASCII:TSN, LDEO Shotpoint Nav ASCII format BAG, Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) is a file format designed to store and exchange bathymetric data. Binary, A file formatted using the binary numeral system, or base-2 number system, representing using two symbols, usually 0 and 1. Must be accompanied by a full description of the file format. Binary:GMRT, Bill Haxby format binary grd1 files used for GMRT ingestion. BMP, Image file format, stands for BitMap CARIS, Caris HIPS-formatted file CNV, Seabird binary vendor format. CSS3.0, NNSA Core Table Database Schema CSS 3.0 DIPOLE1D, Format for controlled-source electromagnetic and magnetotelluric data DOC, Microsoft Word Document DTF, HOBO Temperature Probe binary vendor format EDF, Sippican MK21 Export Data File Fledermaus:Scene, Fledermaus Scene visualization format. Files can be viewed with a free viewer available at http://www.ivs3d.com. Fledermaus:SD, Fledermaus 3D visualization file format. Files can be viewed with a free viewer available at http://www.ivs3d.com. GDB, ESRI GeoDataBase GEOJPEG, A georeferenced JPEG image GEOPNG, A georeferenced PNG file GEOTIFF, A TIFF based interchange format for georeferenced raster imagery. GIF, Image file format stands for Graphics Interchange Format HDF5, Hierarchical Data Format (HDF), version 5 HMRG, Hawaii in-house BS (bathymetry/sidescan) binary file format developed over recent decades to handle data sets from the DSL-120, IMI30, MR1 and similar HMRG platforms. HTML, Webpage - Hypertext Transfer Protocol. JGOFS, An ASCII file format designed by the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study to store underway hydrographic, weather and ship state information. JPEG, An image file format, best suited for photographs, that can contain 16.7 million colors (24-bit color information), and cannot use transparency. JSF, EdgeTech raw sidescan, also MBSystem format 132. KEB, Knudsen binary format. KMZ, Google Earth ASCII file format (kmz or kml) written in Keyhole Markup Language MATLAB, Binary MATLAB vendor format. MBSystem, Multibeam data formats from various manufacturers that can be read with the open source MBSystem package MGD77, Marine Geophysical Data Exchange Format developed in 1977 - an ASCII file format for marine geophysical data (bathymetry, magnetics, and gravity). MGDS:Nav, ASCII navigation file format that includes date/time, longitude and latitude. MOV, Quicktime Movie MP4 NetCDF, Network Common Data Form NetCDF:Grid, A gridded NetCDF data format. Use for a .grd file generated from GMT or MB-System. NonLinLoc, Standard format for seismic velocity models and earthquake location catalogues NotApplicable, Multiple file formats NotProvided, Not Provided P1, U.K.O.O.A. P1/90 exchange format for raw marine positioning data in common use in oil and gas industry. P2, U.K.O.O.A. P2/94 exchange format for raw marine positioning data in common use in oil and gas industry. PDF, Portable Document Format PH5, IRIS PASSCAL format that improves upon the SEG-Y format PNG, Image file format stands for Portable Network Format. PPT, Microsoft PowerPoint File PS, Adobe PostScript Format R2R:Nav, ISO-compliant ASCII navigation file format comprising date/time, longitude and latitude. Standard navigation file format of the Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) Program. RDF, GeoSwath Sonar Raw Data File RFF, Raw data format from Kongsberg GeoSwath interferometric system, contains bathymetry and sidescan. Can be read with software packages such as Caris and SonarWiz. SAC, IRIS PASSCAL format used with Seismic Analysis Code (SAC) software SEABIRD:TSG, SeaBird TSG format for TSG raw and TSGCONV converted data. Used on Langseth cruises mainly in 2009 (from MGL0814 to MGL0910). SEASOFT, Sea-Bird proprietary format. Conversion software available at website. SEED, Standard for the Exchange of Earthquake Data (SEED) SEGD, One of several standards developed by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists for storing geophysical data. SEGY, One of several standards developed by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists for storing geophysical data. Originally developed for storing single-line seismic digital data. SHP, Shapefiles - A popular geospatial vector data format for geographic information systems software. The format is developed and regulated by ESRI as a (mostly) open specification for data interoperability among ESRI and other software products. Shapefiles spatially describe geometries: points, polylines, and polygons. SIO86, Custom format from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) for eXpendable BathyThermograph data. TIFF, Tagged Image File Format UHDAS, University of Hawaii Data Acquisition System format for ADCP data WAV, Waveform Audio File Format, for audio data XLS, Microsoft Excel binary vendor file format. Can be accommodated, but ASCII files are preferred to ensure longevity of access to data files. XML, Extensible Markup Language XTF, eXtended Triton Format (XTF) is a Triton Imaging, Inc. file format for recording various types of hydrographic survey data.