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Specification of an extensible and portable file format for electronic structure and crystallographic data

Gonze, X. ; Almbladh, Carl-Olof LU ; Cucca, A. ; Caliste, D. ; Freysoldt, C. ; Marques, M. A. L. ; Olevano, V. ; Pouillon, Y. and Verstraete, M. J. (2008) In Computational Materials Science 43(4). p.1056-1065
Abstract
In order to allow different software applications, in constant evolution, to interact and exchange data, flexible file formats are needed. A file format specification for different types of content has been elaborated to allow communication of data for the software developed within the European Network of Excellence "NANOQUANTA", focusing on first-principles calculations of materials and nanosystems. It might be used by other software as well, and is described here in detail. The format relies on the NetCDF binary input/output library, already used in many different scientific communities, that provides flexibility as well as portability across languages and platforms. Thanks to NetCDF, the content can be accessed by keywords, ensuring the... (More)
In order to allow different software applications, in constant evolution, to interact and exchange data, flexible file formats are needed. A file format specification for different types of content has been elaborated to allow communication of data for the software developed within the European Network of Excellence "NANOQUANTA", focusing on first-principles calculations of materials and nanosystems. It might be used by other software as well, and is described here in detail. The format relies on the NetCDF binary input/output library, already used in many different scientific communities, that provides flexibility as well as portability across languages and platforms. Thanks to NetCDF, the content can be accessed by keywords, ensuring the file format is extensible and backward compatible. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)
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Wavefunctions datafiles, NetCDF, Density datafiles, datafiles, Crystallographic, Electronic structure, File format standardization
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Computational Materials Science
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43
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4
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1056 - 1065
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Elsevier
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  • wos:000260916900061
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0927-0256
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10.1016/j.commatsci.2008.02.023
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English
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  author       = {{Gonze, X. and Almbladh, Carl-Olof and Cucca, A. and Caliste, D. and Freysoldt, C. and Marques, M. A. L. and Olevano, V. and Pouillon, Y. and Verstraete, M. J.}},
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  keywords     = {{Wavefunctions datafiles; NetCDF; Density datafiles; datafiles; Crystallographic; Electronic structure; File format standardization}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{1056--1065}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Computational Materials Science}},
  title        = {{Specification of an extensible and portable file format for electronic structure and crystallographic data}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2008.02.023}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.commatsci.2008.02.023}},
  volume       = {{43}},
  year         = {{2008}},
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