Data requirements table
This table below lists all file types ADS will accept by data type. Where available a downloadable metadata template is included for the submission of required metadata.
Data Type |
Preferred File Format |
Accepted File Format |
Metadata Template |
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3D Models, Visualisation and Virtual Reality |
Virtual Reality Modelling Language.vrml
Wavefront OBJ File (ascii) .obj (+ .mtl + jpg textures) 3D models from laser scanning or photogrammetry should be archived along with the original scan or image datasets (see sections below). |
Adobe Portable Document Format (3D).pdf. This is accepted for dissemination purposes only, it is not suitable for preservation of 3D data.
STL (ascii) .stl |
Microsoft Excel (.xls)
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Audio |
Broadcast Wave Format .bwf
Waveform Audio .wav using LPCM codec |
Advanced Audio Coding .aac
Audio Interchange File .aif Flac .flac MP3 .mp3 Speex .ogg |
Microsoft Excel (.xlsx)
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Binary and Plain Text (Documents) |
Microsoft Word .docx or .doc
OpenDocument Text .odt |
Plain text .txt
Portable Document Format .pdf Rich Text Format .rtf Text encoding, DTD or schema .xml, .sgml, .html, .xhtml |
Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) | |
CAD and Vector graphics |
AutoCAD Drawing (2018 or later) .dwg
Drawing Interchange Format (2018 or later) .dxf Scalable Vector Graphics .svg |
AutoCAD Drawing (2017 or earlier) .dwg
Drawing Interchange Format (2017 or earlier) .dxf |
Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) | |
Databases |
Comma-separated values .csv | Dbase .dbf
Delimited text .txt Exchange formats .json/.xml/.rdf Microsoft Access .mdb or .accdb Microsoft Excel.xls or .xlsx Structured Query Language Data .sql |
Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) | |
Geophysics |
Geophysical survey datasets should include:
(1) Raw data in text/XYZ format .txt, .csv, SEG-Y (.segy) (2) Processed data in its native format (optional) (3) Raster plots .tif + .tfw world file or GeoTIFF Raw data files should be clearly described (structure, values, etc.) in accompanying documentation. |
Raw contour data .dat .rep
Rendered images .png + .pgw world file |
Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) | |
GIS (General) |
ESRI Shapefile .shp (+ .shx + .dbf and other associated files)
Geography Markup Language .gml |
ArcInfo Interchange .e00
MapInfo Interchange Format .mif + .mid |
Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) | |
GIS (Geodatabases) |
None | Delimited text and ESRI Shapefile .csv + .shp
GeoJSON .geojson |
Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) | |
GIS (Raster) |
Geo-referenced TIF Image .tif + .tfw world file, or GeoTIFF | ERDAS Imagine files .img (+ .rrd, aux.xml, img.xml)
ESRI GRID ascii .asc/.grd ESRI GRID binary .adf JPG World .jpg + .jpw (.rrd, .aux, .xml) Keyhole Markup Language .kml PNG World .png + .pgw (.rrd,.aux,.xml) |
Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) | |
Harris Matrices |
BASP, Stratify, and ArchEd exports .lst
Delimited Text .txt Comma Separated Values .csv |
Microsoft Excel .xlsx or .xls | Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) | |
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) | |
Laser Scanning |
ASCII Text File .txt
E57 Point Cloud Format .e57 Laser scanning datasets should ideally include both raw scans and registered datasets. |
Cyclone ASCII Export .pts | Microsoft Excel (.xls)
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LIDAR and Satellite Imagery |
ASPRS Lidar Data Exchange Format .las
ASCII Text File .txt GeoTIFF .tif |
None | Depositors wishing to deposit LIDAR must contact us for information on appropriate formats and metadata. | |
Linked Data formats |
Linked Data is a growing part of the internet where data is published online and then linked to other published data in much the same way that web pages are interlinked using hypertext. The term Linked Data is used to describe a method of exposing, sharing, and connecting data via URIs on the Web. The ADS cannot give advice or support on using RDF, SPARQL or SPARQL Endpoints.
Depositors wishing to deposit Linked Data formats must contact us for information on appropriate formats and metadata. To view an archive that used linked data (Triples in this case), please see: ArchAIDE consortium (2019) ARCHAIDE Portal for Publications and Outputs [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1050896. |
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Markup Language |
A markup language is a human readable computer language (e.g., HTML, XML) that uses tags to define elements. In XHTML, for example, you’ll have various body (body), paragraphs (p), hyperlinks (a), etc., tags which help create the layout of webpages (or documents in other languages).
Depositors wishing to deposit Markup Language must contact us for information on appropriate formats and metadata. |
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Medical Imaging |
DICOM files .dcm, off-line media
Joint Photographic Expert Group .jpeg/.jpg Uncompressed Baseline TIFF v.6 .tiff/.tif |
None | Depositors wishing to deposit Medical Imaging must contact us for information on appropriate formats and metadata. | |
Photogrammetry |
Virtual Reality Modelling Language .vrml
Wavefront OBJ File (ascii) .obj (+ .mtl + jpg textures) 3D models from photogrammetry should be deposited with their source images. Raster images .jpg, .tif or .dng |
Adobe Portable Document Format (3D) .pdf
This is accepted as an additional dissemination format, it is not suitable for preservation of 3D data. |
Microsoft Excel (.xlsx)
Where possible, software-generated processing reports should be deposited alongside the data. |
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Polynomial Texture Mapping (PTM) and Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) |
Raster Images .jpg, .tif, or .dng
Reflectance Transformation Imaging .RTI or .PTM (+ XML + XMP + LP files) |
None | Depositors wishing to deposit PTM and RTI must contact us for further advice on appropriate metadata. | |
Scientific Data |
Scientific data is a broad category for data derived from archaeological science (archaeometry) and related fields, e.g. bioarchaeology, lithic studies, environmental studies. This data can include ICP, XRF, radiocarbon, dendrochronology, OSL, isotope analysis, mathematical models, and others.
Depositors wishing to deposit Scientific Data must contact us for information on appropriate formats and metadata. |
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Spreadsheets |
Comma Separated Values .csv
Microsoft Excel .xlsx or .xlsx OpenOffice Calc 2.0 .ods |
Delimited text .txt | Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) | |
Video and Moving Images |
Matroska (FFV1 + LPCM/FLAC codecs) .mkv
MPEG1 .mpeg/.mpg MPEG2 .mpeg/.mpg MPEG4 .mp4 |
None | Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) | |
