This table below lists all file types ADS will accept by data type. Where available a downloadable template is included for the submission of required metadata.

Core Metadata Template

Ingest utilises a single Core Metadata Template for depositing all types of data. This means that all files deposited are listed in a single template. Further information can be found in the online Ingest guidance.

Core Metadata Template

Please note: the Core Metadata template is not required for ADS-easy deposits as the ADS-easy system collects file level information via online forms.

Technical Metadata

For some data categories additional technical metadata is required. Below is a full list of the Data Categories. 

Any Data Categories denoted with a * require technical metadata to be deposited alongside your files. Links to templates for each Technical Metadata are included in the table below.

Data Category	File Extensions	Description	Technical Metadata Template
Audiovisual *	acc, aif, au, avi, bwf, flack, mkv, mp3, mp4, mpg, avg, wav, mpeg	Audio or video files.	Audiovisual metadata template
Computed Tomography (CT) Scanning	bmp, dcm, gif, jpg, png, tif	Images, models, or data from CT scanning including micro CT. CT video files should be categorised as Audiovisual.	None required
Geographic Information System (GIS) Data *	adf, asc, csv, e00, geojson, gml, img, jpg, kml, mid, png, shp, tif	Files commonly used in GIS software including raster or vector datasets, and linked tabular data.	GIS Metadata template
Geophysics *	csv, dat, mgr, rep, sgy, txt, xcp	Instrument data from geophysical survey equipment. Processed raster or vector data (e.g. geotiff or DXF files) should be deposited as GIS Data.	Geophysical survey metadata template
Geophysics (Proprietary) *	Any file types	Instrument data from geophysical survey in proprietary (or exclusive) formats. Please note that these datasets must be deposited with a version of the data in an accepted (i.e. non-proprietary) deposit format.	Geophysical survey metadata template
Harris Matrix	csv, dxf, lst, pdf, txt [any raster image files – See Photograph and Other Raster Image]	Harris matrices that describe the stratigraphic sequence of an archaeological investigation.	None required
Laser Scanning *	tif, txt, e57, las, obj, pts	Point data from terrestrial laser scanning equipment. Please note that LiDAR derived data should be listed under the Data Category ‘LiDAR’.	3D metadata template
Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) *	tif, txt, e57, las, obj, pts	Raw point data captured from aerial or mobile LiDAR systems. Processed raster or vector data (e.g. geotiff or DXF files) should be deposited as GIS Data.	3D metadata template
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)	bmp, dcm, gif, jpg, png, tif [any video files – see Audiovisual]	Data produced from MRI scanning of artefacts and human remains	None required
Marked Up Text	html, sgml, xhtml, md	Text and documents formatted using markup or markdown languages.	None required
Mass Spectroscopy	.jdx, mzdata, mzml, mzxml, txt, xml [any database files  – See Tabular Data]	Data resulting from Mass Spectroscopy techniques.	None required
Other Document	doc, docx, odt, pdf, rtf, txt, md	Other text documents that do not fall under the Data Category of ‘Publication’, ‘Report’, or ‘Site Records’.	None required
Other Raster Image	bmp, dng, gif, jp2, jpg, pdf, png, tiff	Other Raster images that are not categorised as ‘Photograph’.	None required
Photogrammetric Survey *	dng, jpg, obj, pts, tiff, wrl	Data, images and 3d models resulting from photogrammetric surveys.	3D metadata template
Photograph	bmp, dng, gif, jp2, jpg, pdf, png, tiff	Digitally captured or scanned photographs.	None required
Publication	doc, docx, odt, pdf, rtf, txt, md	Text files that represent a digital version of a formal publication, whether online or in print.	None required
Radiocarbon	xml, svg oxcal, 14c,prior, js, log, txt, pdf [any database files – See Tabular Data]	Data and reports resulting from radiocarbon dating techniques.	None required
Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI)	dng, jpg, obj, ptm, rti, wrl, tif,	Data (images and outputs) derived from the photographic method of RTI.	None required
Report	doc, docx, odt, pdf, rtf, txt, md	Text files that are formal reports. These reports could be grey literature reports representing fieldwork, finds analysis or other related activities.	None required
Site Record	doc, docx, odt, pdf, rtf, txt, md [any raster image files – See Photograph and Other Raster Image]	Scanned physical site records such as context and other recording sheets, site registers, site plans and section drawings.	None required
Tabular Data *	accdb, csv, dbf, json, mdb, odb, ods, rdf, sql, tsv, txt, xls, xlsx, xml	Tabular datasets such as databases and spreadsheets.	Tabular Data  technical metadata
Vector Graphic *	dwg, dxf, svg	Graphical vector datasets such as CAD (computer assisted design) models.	Vector technical metadata
Virtual Reality and Visualisation *	obj, stl, wrl	Other 3D models and visualisation including virtual reality. This data should not include datasets derived from ‘Photogrammetry’. ‘Laser scanning’, ‘LIDAR’ or derived from specific medical imaging techniques such as CT Scanning.	3D metadata template
X-radiography (X-ray) Scanning	bmp, dcm, gif, jpg, png, tif	Images and data produced by X-ray scanning.	None required
X-ray Fluorescence	txt, xml	Data resulting from X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy	None required

With the introduction of the Ingest deposit system, the templates listed above have been amended to reflect the introduction of a core metadata template. However all old versions of technical metadata templates will still be accepted as part of Ingest.

ADS Easy

The following templates are specifically for use within the ADS-easy Legacy deposit system only.

Data Type	Preferred File Format	Accepted File Format	Metadata Template
Digital photography and Raster Images	Joint Photographic Expert Group .jpeg/.jpg Baseline TIFF v.6 (uncompressed, single-page) .tiff/.tif	Adobe Digital Negative .dng Adobe Portable Document Format .pdf Bit-Mapped Graphics Format .bmp Graphics Interchange Format .gif Portable Network Graphics .png JPEG2000 .jp2/.jpx	Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) Open Office spreadsheet csv Completed example PDF