1. Controlled Vocabularies
  2. format: A defined way or layout of representing and structuring data in a computer file, blob, string, message, or elsewhere. The main focus in EDAM lies on formats as means of structuring data exchanged between different tools or resources.

format: A defined way or layout of representing and structuring data in a computer file, blob, string, message, or elsewhere. The main focus in EDAM lies on formats as means of structuring data exchanged between different tools or resources.

A vocabulary is always identified by its short name and sometimes it may offer multiple sub-vocabularies with different names. Both are listed below.

Short Nameformat
Vocabulary Name(s)EDAM
DescriptionA defined way or layout of representing and structuring data in a computer file, blob, string, message, or elsewhere. The main focus in EDAM lies on formats as means of structuring data exchanged between different tools or resources.
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