Discussion journal for the Ion Beam Community

[Nuno P Barradas <nunoni AT itn.pt>]

Computational Ion Beam Analysis (IBA) codes such as RUMP, SIMNRA, NDF, and others implement various formats to store the spectral data and to describe the experimental conditions and simulation or fit parameters. Additionally, many laboratories have developed their own internal data formats.  These various data formats are isolated applications and generally incompatible. The need for a universal IBA data format (IDF) has been recognised for many years to allow easy transfer of data and simulation parameters between codes, as well as between experimentalists and data analysts. We have developed such a data format, IDF, that aspires to support all forms of IBA data in a well defined simple format. A zeroth version was presented at the IBA2009. Many suggestions were received, leading to version 1, that is now available in

http://idf.schemas.itn.pt/

The main documentation is in file IDF documentation v1.doc

We welcome suggestions from everyone. Please email Nuno Barradas at nunoni AT itn.pt

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Dr. Nuno Pessoa Barradas
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear
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2686-953 Sacavém
Portugal
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