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Advanced Scientific Data Format
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<p>Advanced Scientific Data Format (ASDF) is a proposed replacement to the <a href="/facts/FITS/6oa6Xk3l">FITS</a> standard for astronomical images and other <a href="/facts/Scientific_data/AUBFN97o">scientific data</a>. The <a href="/facts/Metadata/qt35z79C">metadata</a> is contained in a <a href="/facts/YAML/mAY10H2Y">YAML</a> (Human-readable data serialization format) header followed by binary or ASCII data. </p><p>ASDF is used, notably, as an interchange format for the data processing pipeline of the <a href="/facts/James_Webb_Space_Telescope/w4GAWnWX">James Webb Space Telescope</a>.<a href="https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/understanding-jwst-data-files/jwst-data-formats#JWSTDataFormats-asdfASDFformat">[1]</a> </p>