NEXUS - A COMMON FORMAT FOR THE EXCHANGE OF NEUTRON AND SYNCHROTRON DATA

NeXus is a data format for the exchange of neutron and synchrotron sca ttering data between facilities and user institutions. It has been dev eloped by an international team of scientists and computer programmers from neutron and X-ray facilities around the world. The NeXus format uses the hierarchical data format (HDF) which is portable, binary, ext ensible and self-describing. The NeXus format defines the structure an d contents of these HDF tiles in order to facilitate the visualization and analysis of neutron and X-ray data. In addition? an application p rogram interface (API) is being produced in order to simplify the read ing and writing of NeXus files. The details of the format are availabl e at [http://www.neutron.anl.gov/NeXus/]. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevi er Science B.V. All rights reserved.