file format

C2622
concept

A file format is a standardized structure and encoding scheme that defines how data is organized, stored, and interpreted within a digital file.

All labels observed (109)

Label Occurrences
file format canonical 42
data interchange format 10
RDF serialization format 7

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: file format
Generated description
A file format is a standardized structure and encoding scheme that defines how data is organized, stored, and interpreted within a digital file.

Instances (185)

Instance Via concept surface
GBXML
surface form: gbXML
building information modeling format
Collada 3D graphics file format
Alembic 3D file format
DICOM prefix "DICM" file signature
AppImage software packaging format
Mach-O binary format executable and object file format
.TOS file extension
Amiga Hunk format object file format
LWS scene file format
OpenEXR image file format
Maildir email storage format
DjVu document file format
RIB bytestream binary file format
RIB
DVR-MS container file format
External Data Representation data serialization format
Generic String Encoding Rules data serialization format
Linear Tape-Open data storage format
WebVTT subtitle file format
CityJSON data format
WOFF2 font format
NetCDF data format
Snaps software packaging format
ECW raster image file format
MrSID image file format
Universal Dive Data Format
RealMedia multimedia container format
EBML binary container format
Vorbis open format
VobSub bitmap subtitle format
MPEG-PS digital container format
MPEG Program Stream digital multimedia format
QXP
QXD document file format
ORC columnar storage file format