Digital Transfer Information

The following elements comprise the Digital Transfer Information reference:


Format Name, mandatory
the name of the data transfer format.

Format Description, mandatory
        Format Version Number, mandatory
description of the form of the data to be distributed. Consists of various elements
or
        Format Version Date, mandatory
date of the version of the format.

Format Specification, optional
name of a subset, profile, or product specification of the format.

Format Information Content, optional
description of the content of the data encoded in a format.

File Decompression Technique, mandatory if applicable
recommendations of algorithms or processes (including means of obtaining these algorithms or processes) that can be applied to read or expand data sets to which data compression techniques have been applied.

Transfer Size, optional
the size, or estimated size, of the transferred data set in megabytes.
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