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QIFF: Interface File Format and Software |
QIFF is a specification for an ASCII Interface File together with software to turn such files into Common Data Format (CDF) fiels which are compliant with ISTP and Cluster CSDS specifications. It was written by QMUL as part of the Cluster Science Centre within the UK and is maintained by the CSC at Imperial College London. The format and software, while written with Cluster in mind, are quite general in applicability, and are used by several groups for a variety of purposes. QIFF software is written in C.
The software source and documentation are available as a compressed tar file, qiff.tar.gz.
The Interchange File Format is a simple ASCII table format with pre-pended ASCII material providing the metadata and other information needed for CDF Attributes. The format is specified in
A manual describing the use of the QIFF software for generating CDF files from IFF files is also available
QIFF is developed as part of the Cluster Science Centre within the UK and funded by the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council . The software is provided as is under the GPL
public licence, though QM and IC retain the copyright. No liability is accepted for any damage resulting from the installation or use of this software, and no guarantee of its suitability is implied for any use other than the scientific visualisation and manipulation of Cluster science data. Copyright.
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