File format page - info text { "p": [ "In most cases, data are available in three data file formats. To assist your decision, a brief summary of the available formats is provided below", "Please select your preferred data file format from the available options below and use the 'Submit' button to proceed." ], "ul": [ "ASCII - a BODC output format that contains several rows of metadata followed by the data cycles (data variables and their quality control flags) listed one per line.", "ODV - the SeaDataNet Ocean Data View (ODV) data format - an ASCII format that follows that of a spreadsheet containing metadata, primary variable and data columns. ODV is a software package for the interactive exploration, analysis and visualisation of oceanographic and other geo-referenced profile or sequence data.", "QXF - the BODC subset of netCDF. QXF is 'a format for datacycles'. Consequently, it does not include the metadata. Each QXF file contains a header (a series of global attributes) and a series of QXF channels. These channels generally consist of a data variable plus quality control flag channel, although the flag channel will not be encountered in some circumstances." ] } 2010-03-23 14:50:17.0 SDN:GBX::T4000001 SDN:GBX::T4000001 SDN:GBX::T4000001 1 1 2010-03-23 14:50:17.0 accepted false