Document Type Definition

file extension: .dtd

File format used for certain types of data models (e.g., Formex).

GeneriCode

file extension: .gc

Simple, XML based, recognised standard format (OASIS), specifically intended for dissemination of code lists. GeneriCode dates back from pre computer based era and it is used in industrial application and for data exchange.

GeoJSON

file extension: .geojson

Open geospatial data interchange format. As the name implies it is based on the JaveScript Object Notation format. It is used to encode simple geographic features.

MarcXML

file extension: .xml

and

the name of the file or the ZIP archive contains the string: MarcXML

It is an XML based format used in libraries and by catalogue systems to facilitate the transfer of catalogue records and bibliographic data.

MS Excel

file extension: .xls

or

the name of the ZIP archive contains the string: Excel

De facto office type format, used mainly for storage and exchange of tabular data. Easily applicable to basic code lists.

Web Ontology Language

file extension: .owl

W3C standard, designed to represent in a consistent way semantic models like Ontologies

SKOS Core

file extension: .rdf

and

the name of the file contains the string: skos

RDF based, W3C standard, designed to represent the basic structure and content of thesauri, classification schemes, taxonomies, code lists or other types of controlled vocabulary.

SKOS-AP

file extension: .rdf

and

the name of the file contains the string: skos-ap

RDF based, SKOS Application Profile, used for the extended representation of EU Vocabularies datasets.

The main different from the SKOS Core distribution is the fact that it includes the complete set of properties that define EU Vocabularies datasets.

XML Schema

file extension: .xsd

XML based file format used for the definition and validation of XML data models