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Filename Extensions
A filename extension is a suffix (separated from the base filename by a dot) to the name of a computer file applied to indicate the encoding (file format) of its contents or usage. Examples of filename extensions are .png, .exe, .dmg and .txt. Filename extensions can be considered a type of metadata. They are commonly used to imply information about the way data might be stored in the file. The exact definition, giving the criteria for deciding what part of the file name is its extension, belongs to the rules of the specific file system used; usually the extension is the substring which follows the last occurrence, if any, of the dot character (example txt is the extension of the filename readme.txt, html the extension ofmysite.index.html). Some of the extensions is given below: 1. BMP: file format, also known as bitmap image file : is a raster graphics image file format used to store bitmap digital images especially on Microsoft Windows and OS/2 operating systems. The BMP file format is capable of storing 2D digital images of arbitrary width, height, and resolution, both monochrome and color, in various color depths, and optionally with data compression, alpha channels, and color profiles. 2. 3DXML: is a proprietary 3D file format developed by Dassault Systems under its 3D Via Brand used for 3D modeling 3. STEP: ISO 10303 is an ISO standard for the computerinterpretable representation and exchange of product manufacturing information. It is known informally as "STEP", which stands for "Standard for the Exchange of Product model data". ISO 10303 can represent 3D objects. 4. GeoTIFF : It is a public domain metadata standard which allows geo referencing information to be embedded within a TIFF file. The potential additional information includes map projection, coordinate systems, ellipsoids, datums, and everything else necessary to establish the exact spatial reference for the file. 5. GPX: or GPS eXchange Format is an XML schema designed as a common GPS data format for software applications. It can be used to describe waypoints, tracks, and routes. Such computer programs allow users, for example, to view their tracks, project their tracks on satellite images or other maps, annotate maps, and tag photographs with the geolocation in the Exif metadata. 6. DTED : (or Digital Terrain Elevation Data) is a standard of digital datasets which consists of a matrix of terrain elevation values. DTED supports many applications, including line-of-sight analyses, terrain profiling, 3-D terrain visualization, mission planning/rehearsal, and modeling and simulation. 7. KML: is an XML notation for expressing geographic annotation and visualization within Internet-based, two-dimensional maps and threedimensional Earth browsers.
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8. Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machinereadable. The design goals of XML emphasize simplicity, generality, and usability over the Internet It is a textual data format with strong support via Unicode for the languages of the world. Although the design of XML focuses on documents, it is widely used for the representation of arbitrary data structures Reference:
Filename extension - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: en.wikipedia.org FILExt - The File Extension Source- filext.com http://www.file-extensions.org/ http://www.fileinfo.com/filetypes/common http://pc.net/extensions/