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#### 4.1.1.4 CDF

NASA's Common Data Format, described at http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/, is a binary format for storing self-describing data. It is typically used to store tabular data for subject areas like space and solar physics. Since v4.0-1 TOPCAT is capable of reading CDF files, though it can't write them. Currently, no attempt is made to represent values representing times in a human-friendly fashion. This may change in future releases.

In the Debian version, CDF is only supported if the package `starlink-cdf-java` is installed.

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TOPCAT - Tool for OPerations on Catalogues And Tables
Starlink User Note253
TOPCAT web page: http://www.starlink.ac.uk/topcat/
Author email: m.b.taylor@bristol.ac.uk
Mailing list: topcat-user@jiscmail.ac.uk