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 Experience shows that there is only two general data formats that seem to be sufficiently long-term stable: plain text (including all kind of markup) and raw binary according to the IEEE 754 standard. Experience shows that there is only two general data formats that seem to be sufficiently long-term stable: plain text (including all kind of markup) and raw binary according to the IEEE 754 standard.
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 +Regardless of the actual format used to store data and metadata, it is of paramount importance to fully document the format and to publish this specification open and free of charge. Otherwise, reproducibility cannot be guaranteed. Nevertheess, open formats are only a necessary requirement, but not sufficient for reproducible research.
  
  
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