Common Data Format
Common Data Format: Standard and practice of storing and creating data in a common, described format that can be read by other systems.
Also known as: CDF
Definition
Standard and practice of storing and creating data in a common, described format that can be read by other systems.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
Standard and practice of creating and storing data in a common, described format that can be read by other systems.
- Definition 3
A format specification designed to allow a kind of data, such as Cast Vote Records, to be interoperably transferred between systems (for instance, from election management systems to audit software).
- Definition 4
Standard and practice of storing and creating data in a common, described format that can be read by other systems. Voting and election systems that use a common data format can share data without middleware software to convert it. Election Night Reporting systems are common applications that anticipate a common data format for input.