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* [[SGML]]
 
* [[SGML]]
 
* [[Softdisk Publishing UDF files]]
 
* [[Softdisk Publishing UDF files]]
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* [[XCDL]] (part of XCL project)
 
* [[XML]]
 
* [[XML]]
  
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* [[JSON Table Schema]] (describes tabular data such as spreadsheets and [[CSV]] files)
 
* [[JSON Table Schema]] (describes tabular data such as spreadsheets and [[CSV]] files)
 
* [[Synalysis grammar file]] (used by Synalize It! and Hexinator)
 
* [[Synalysis grammar file]] (used by Synalize It! and Hexinator)
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* [[XCEL]] (part of XCL project)
 
* [[XMDP]] (XHTML Meta Data Profiles)
 
* [[XMDP]] (XHTML Meta Data Profiles)
 
* [[XML Schema Definition]]
 
* [[XML Schema Definition]]

Revision as of 20:00, 3 May 2015

File Format
Name Metaformats
Ontology

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A metaformat (or meta format) is a generic low-level file format used as a basis for defining high-level file formats.

Whether a format is a metaformat is ultimately a judgment call. There are no definitive answers to questions like: What is the difference between a container format and a metaformat? Or a serialization format and a metaformat? Is CSV a metaformat, or is it a database or a spreadsheet format? Should TIFF and PDF be considered to be metaformats, given all the subformats of them that have been defined?

Another reasonable, but different, definition of metaformat is "a format that describes other formats".

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