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The NeXus data format
Author(s) -
Könnecke Mark,
Akeroyd Frederick A.,
Bernstein Herbert J.,
Brewster Aaron S.,
Campbell Stuart I.,
Clausen Björn,
Cottrell Stephen,
Hoffmann Jens Uwe,
Jemian Pete R.,
Männicke David,
Osborn Raymond,
Peterson Peter F.,
Richter Tobias,
Suzuki Jiro,
Watts Benjamin,
Wintersberger Eugen,
Wuttke Joachim
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of applied crystallography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.429
H-Index - 162
ISSN - 1600-5767
DOI - 10.1107/s1600576714027575
Subject(s) - nexus (standard) , computer science , domain (mathematical analysis) , raw data , data exchange , field (mathematics) , data format , file format , information retrieval , data science , database , programming language , mathematical analysis , mathematics , pure mathematics , embedded system , computer hardware
NeXus is an effort by an international group of scientists to define a common data exchange and archival format for neutron, X‐ray and muon experiments. NeXus is built on top of the scientific data format HDF5 and adds domain‐specific rules for organizing data within HDF5 files, in addition to a dictionary of well defined domain‐specific field names. The NeXus data format has two purposes. First, it defines a format that can serve as a container for all relevant data associated with a beamline. This is a very important use case. Second, it defines standards in the form of application definitions for the exchange of data between applications. NeXus provides structures for raw experimental data as well as for processed data.