NeXus data format

The NeXus data format is a file format for storing and exchange data generated in neutron and x-ray experiments. It is built on top of the Hierarchical Data Format (HDF), which is a portable binary format, meant to be extensible and self-describing.

The intention with this format is to provide a file that contains within it all the metadata related to an experiment (e.g. beamline parameters). It can be used both for raw experimental data, and for processed versions of the data.

References

• David R. Maddison, David L. Swofford and Wayne P. Maddison Nexus: An Extensible File Format for Systematic Information Systematic Biology 1995, 46 (4), 590-621. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/46.4.590
• P Klosowski, M Koennecke, J.Z Tischler, R Osborn NeXus: A common format for the exchange of neutron and synchroton data Physica B: Condensed Matter 1997, 241-243, 151-153. doi: 10.1016/S0921-4526(97)00865-X
• Paul O. Lewis NCL: a C++ class library for interpreting data files in NEXUS format Bioinformatics 2003, 19 (17), 2330-2331. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btg319
• Mark Könnecke The state of the NeXus data format Physica B: Condensed Matter 2006, 385-386 (2), 1343-1345. doi: 10.1016/j.physb.2006.06.106
• M. Könnecke, F. A. Akeroyd, H. J. Bernstein, A. S. Brewster, S. I. Campbell, B. Clausen, S. Cottrell, J. U. Hoffmann, P. R. Jemian, D. Männicke, R. Osborn, P. F. Peterson, T. Richter, J. Suzuki, B. Watts, E. Wintersberger and J. Wuttke The NeXus data format J. Appl. Cryst. 2015, 48, 301-305. doi:10.1107/S1600576714027575

See Also

• Software
• Wikipedia:Hierarchical Data Format
• HDF5 Home Page
• HDF5 File Format Specification Version 2.0
• NeXus: A common data format for neutron, x-ray and muon science.
• Wikipedia:Nexus (data format)