| Data type | Appropriate | Acceptable | To avoid |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Tabular (extensive metadata) |
csv – hdf5 |
txt – html – tex – fastq – por |
|
|
Tabular (minimal metadata) |
csv – tab – ods – sql – tsv | xml (if appropriate dtd) – xlsx | xls – xlsb |
| Textual / Presentation |
txt – pdf – odt – odm – tex – md – htm – xml – extxyz – odf |
pptx – rtf – docx – pdf (with embedded forms) – eps – ipf |
doc – ppt – dvi – ps |
| Code / Computation | m –r–py –iypnb –rstudio –rmd –NetCDF aiml | sdd | mat –rdata |
| Image / Spectroscopy | tif –png –svg –jpeg –fits | jcamp –jpg –jp2 –tif –tiff –pdf –gif –bmp –dm3 –oir –lsm | indd –it –psd –spc |
| Audio | flac –wav –ogg –mxl –midi –mei humdrum | mp3 –aif | |
| Video | mp4 –mj2 –avi –mkv | ogm –mp4 –WebM | wmv –mov –qt |
| Geospatial | NetCDF –tabular gis attribute data –shp shx –dbf –prj –sbx –sbn –postGis –tif –tfw –geoJson | mdb –mif | |
| 3D structures & images | x3d –x3dv –x3db –pdf3D –pov –pdbml | dwg –dxf –pdb | pxp |
| Other | xml –json –rdf |
