Data Interchange Format

Is a text file for exchange (import/export) single table oriented data between database programs (Excel, StarCalc, Lotus 1-2-3, FileMaker, dBase, Framework, Multiplan, etc.). It contents column names and data content as string.

Example (Table with two columns, column header row and two data rows):

Text Number hello 1 has a double quote " in text -3

Filecontent:

TABLE 0,1 "EXCEL" VECTORS 0,3 "" TUPLES 0,2 "" DATA 0,0 "" -1,0 BOT 1,0 "Text" 1,0 "Number" -1,0 BOT 1,0 "hello" 0,1 V -1,0 BOT 1,0 "has a double quote "" in text" 0,-3 V -1,0 EOD