Recommended Formats

Publication Year: 08. 04. 2017    Date of last inspection: 06. 11. 2024

We recommend preparing data files in formats that are independent of software and computer platforms. Only for recommended file formats, we can assure long-term storage and access in the ADP.

At the point of ingest (receiving the submitted materials from the depositor) the ADP checks the submitted data formats and, if needed, either transforms them into appropriate formats or asks the depositor to submit the materials in our recommended file formats.

 

Type of Materials Recommended Formats Other Formats
Structured text files (Study Description Form, Questionnaire, Codebook etc.)

Structured metadata description of the questionnaire (.xml), according to the DDI or CAI software (.bmi)

Textual format (.rtf, .doc/.docx, .txt)

PDF file (.pdf) or other graphic format

Printed version of the material

Structured numeric data (Data file)

SPSS (.por, .sav)

ASCI (.txt metric or a data file, equipped with labels + computer-readable description of the data file with the names and categories of variables)

Other statistical packages (STATA, R, etc.)

Tables (.xls, .xlsx)

Databases(.mdb/.accdb)

Freely formulated textual materials for tracking original documentation (Questionnaire, Instructions for Interviewers, Address to Respondents, copies of research reports) PDF file (.pdf) or other graphic format

Printed version of the material
Textual format (.rtf, .doc/.docx, .txt)
Textual data

Rich Text Format (.rtf)

plain text, ASCII (.txt)

eXtensible Mark-up Language (.xml) text according to an appropriate Document Type Definition (DTD) or schema 

Hypertext Mark-up Language (.html)

Common formats: MS Word (.doc/.docx)

OpenDocument Text (.odt)

Software specific formats: NUD*IST, Nvivo, ATLAS.ti and MAXQDA

Still image

TIFF 6.0 uncompressed (.tif),

JPEG (.jpeg, .jpg), original format

TIFF other versions (.tif, .tiff)

RAW image format (.raw)

Photoshop files (.psd)

BMP (.bmp), original format

PNG (.png), original format

PDF file (.pdf)

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Social Science Data Archives. YEAR. Recommended Formats. Accessed: http://adp.fdv.uni-lj.si/eng/deli/postopek/priprava/formati/ (DD. month year).

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