https://github.com/asdf-format/asdf-standard

Standards document describing ASDF, Advanced Scientific Data Format
https://github.com/asdf-format/asdf-standard

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Standards document describing ASDF, Advanced Scientific Data Format

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/asdf-format/asdf-standard
• Owner: asdf-format
• License: bsd-3-clause
• Created: 2014-03-25T19:13:57.000Z (about 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-10-10T17:59:46.000Z (8 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-10-21T20:54:58.467Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: advanced-scientific-data-format, asdf, standards
• Language: Python
• Homepage: http://asdf-standard.readthedocs.io/
• Size: 1.4 MB
• Stars: 77
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 31
• Open Issues: 60
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGES.rst
  • License: LICENSE
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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This document describes the Advanced Scientific Data Format (ASDF),

pronounced *AZ*-diff.  You can read the full specification at [the online documentation](http://asdf-standard.readthedocs.io/).

> This is the **A**dvanced **S**cientific **D**ata **F**ormat - if you are looking for the **A**daptable **S**eismic **D**ata **F**ormat, go here: http://seismic-data.org/

## Contributing

Please open a new [issue](https://github.com/spacetelescope/asdf-standard/issue) or new [pull request](https://github.com/spacetelescope/asdf-standard/pulls) for bugs, feedback, or new features you would like to see. If there is an issue you would like to work on, please leave a comment and we will be happy to assist. New contributions and contributors are very welcome!

There are two mailing lists for ASDF:

* [asdf-users](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/asdf-users)

* [asdf-developers](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/asdf-developers)

## Getting More Information

* [FAQ page](https://github.com/spacetelescope/asdf-standard/wiki/FAQ) on the wiki.

* [ASDF: A new data format for astronomy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ascom.2015.06.004), published in *Astronomy and Computing*:

> Greenfield, P., Droettboom, M., & Bray, E. (2015). ASDF: A new data format for astronomy. *Astronomy and Computing*, 12: 240-251.

> doi:[10.1016/j.ascom.2015.06.004](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ascom.2015.06.004)