Binary Format Description language

The Binary Format Description (BFD) language was based on the XSIL, an XML-based language for scientific data processing. BFD used XSLT to transform descriptions of binary data into arbitrary XML representations. Similar approaches were used by systems such as BinX, which describe the structure and physical layout of binary files in order to generate XML output.¹

References

McGrath, Robert E. (September 2011). Data Format Description Language: Lessons Learned, Concepts and Experience (Technical report). National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois. Prepared as part of the Innovative Systems and Software: Applications to NARA Research Problems project

External links

Binary Format Description (BFD) Language at the Wayback Machine (archived 2004-03-31)
BinX - The Binary XML Description Language

[1] McGrath, Robert E. (September 2011). Data Format Description Language: Lessons Learned, Concepts and Experience (Technical report). National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois. Prepared as part of the Innovative Systems and Software: Applications to NARA Research Problems project

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