Type: Bitmap, audio, multimedia
    Extension: IFF, LBM, and many more
      Version: 
  Compression: Uncompressed, PackBits
  Color Depth:
   Maintainer: 
Specification:
              Electronic Arts Home Page:http://www.ea.com/

         Type: 
    Extension:
      Version: 
  Compression:
  Color Depth:
   Maintainer: 
Specification: IGES is a set of protocols for the transfer and display of graphical
               information on remote devices via a telephone or computer communications
               network. IGES does not define any new graphical file formats, but instead
               uses existing formats (such as CGM) to encapsulate graphical data.

               IGES is associated with the NCGA (National Computer Graphics Association) and
               is part of the U.S. Product Data Association (USPRO) and the IGES/PDES
               Organization (IGO). The NCGA administers the National IGES User Group (NIUG),
               which provides access to information on IGES.

               IGES - Reference Documents
               http://elib.cme.nist.gov/nipde/stds/wh-iges.html

         Type: Bitmap
    Extension:
      Version: 
  Compression:
  Color Depth:
   Maintainer: 
Specification: IMJ was created by Pegasus Image Corporation as a variation of the JFIF file
               format. IMJ is essentially a JFIF file with a Microsoft Windows BMP header
               and enhanced palette optimization. The IMJ format is used in several
               screensaver applications, and by orgainizations such as Delrina and the
               National Center for Missing Children.

         Type: Bitmap
    Extension: Many (not standardized)
      Version: 3
  Compression: RLE, CCITT Group 4, JPEG, quad tree, Uncompressed
  Color Depth:
   Maintainer: Intergraph Corporation <http://www.intergraph.com/>
Specification: ftp://ftp.intergraph.com/pub/bbs/scan/note/rffrgps.zip

         Type: VRML
    Extension: iv
      Version: 
  Compression:
  Color Depth:
   Maintainer: Silicon Graphics
Specification: http://www.sgi.com/tech/Inventor/VRML/VRMLDesign.html

         Type: Compression Method
    Extension: Not specified by specification
      Version: 
  Compression: JBIG
  Color Depth: 1-bit (see text)
   Maintainer: ISO, IEC and ITU
Specification: JBIG is a lossless method for compressing black and white (1-bit) raster
               image data. Its primary benefit is as a method for transmitting bi-level
               image data across a communications channel. JBIG's progressive encoding
               scheme allows lower resolution  version of  the image  to be sent first,
               followed by higher resolution  images which build  on the  previously
               transmitted  data (e.g.  75, 150, 300, 450, and 600 DPI). This  capability 
               makes JBIG ideal for replacing less-efficient document imaging transmissions
               methods, such as CCITT Group 3 & 4, but thus far JBIG has not been 
               marketed in such a way as to make this possible.

         Type: Bitmap
    Extension: JPG
      Version: 
  Compression: JPEG
  Color Depth:
   Maintainer: 
Specification: JFIF is a data stream-oriented file format used to define the transmission 
               of JPEG-encoded bitmap data. 

         Type: 3D
    Extension: IFF
      Version: 2.0
  Compression:
  Color Depth:
   Maintainer: 
Specification: http://www.pb.net/usrwww/w_limg/LWOB.HTM
               http://www.mediatel.lu/mmedia/render/h_lightwave.html

               LightWave is part of a suite of application that is bundled with the
               Amiga Video Toster system. LightWave 3D objects are stored as IFF files 
               with a FORM type of LWOB. Other chunks stored in a FORM LWOB file are
               PNTS, SRFS, SURF, CRVS, and POLS chunk.

         Type: 3D
    Extension: mgf
      Version: 1.1
  Compression: None
  Color Depth: full spectral colors (i.e., infinite)
   Maintainer: Greg Ward <GJWard@lbl.gov>
Specification: http://radsite.lbl.gov/mgf/HOME.html

               MGF is an ASCII-based 3D rendering format designed to model surface geometry
               and materials for the purpose of visible-light simulation and rendering. The
               overall objective of this format is to provide a very simple yet fairly
               complete modeling language that does not place unreasonable demands on the
               applications programmer or the object library creator.

               The format specification is available bundled with an MGF file reader
               and is distributed in the file mgflib0.7.tar.Z on the following sites:

                 http://radsite.lbl.gov/mgf/HOME.html
                 ftp://hobbes.lbl.gov/www/mgf

         Type: 
    Extension:
      Version: 
  Compression:
  Color Depth:
   Maintainer: 
Specification: MIFF is a bitmap format native to the ImageMagick toolkit which runs under
               the X Window System. ImageMagick is capable of displaying and converting a
               variety of still and animated graphics file formats.

               The specification for MIFF is available in the ImageMagick distribution
               available from:

                 ftp://ftp.wizards.dupont.com/pub/ImageMagick/ImageMagick-3.7.tar.gz

         Type: 3D
    Extension: msdl
      Version: 
  Compression:
  Color Depth:
   Maintainer: 
Specification: http://hobbes.lbl.gov/www/mgf/HOME.html

         Type: 
    Extension:
      Version: 
  Compression:
  Color Depth:
   Maintainer: 
Specification: NAPLPS is a protocol for transferring ASCII-based graphical information 
               to remote terminals via a communications channel (telephone systems, computer
               networks, and so forth). It is specifically designed to provide usable
               information transfer rates, even at data rates as low as 2400bps.

         Type: 
    Extension: 
      Version: 
  Compression:
  Color Depth:
   Maintainer: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/
               netCDF Home Page

               http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/utilities.html
               Software for Manipulating or Displaying NetCDF Data

               ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/
               netCDF Software Distribution

         Type: 
    Extension: NFF
      Version: 
  Compression:
  Color Depth:
   Maintainer: Eric Haines &lterich@eye.com&gt
Specification: http://www.mediatel.lu/mmedia/render/h_nff.html

               NFF is a minimal scene description language used to test rendering algorithms
               and efficiency schemes. It supports basic geometry of objects, surface
               characteristics, placement of lights, color of objects, and the viewing angle
               of the human eye. NFF is ASCII-based and is used with the Standard Procedural
               Database (SPD) software package used for creating databases for testing
               rendering schemes.

               The specification for NFF is available on numerous FTP sites which archive
               file format documents, such as:

                 ftp://zamenhof.cs.rice.edu/pub/graphics.formats

         Type: 3D
    Extension: nff bff
      Version: 2.1
  Compression:
  Color Depth:
   Maintainer: Sense8 Incorporated
Specification: ftp://avalon.vislab.navy.mil/pub/format_specs
               http://www.mediatel.lu/mmedia/render/h_nffwtk.html

               The WorldToolKit Neutral File Format is a creation of Sense8 for their
               WorldToolKit software product. WorldToolKit is a C language library providing
               the functionality needed to do virtual reality, including file parsing,
               sensor drivers, object management, behavior, and rendering.

         Type: Page Layout
    Extension:
      Version: 
  Compression:
  Color Depth:
   Maintainer: Defense Information Systems Agency
Specification: The National Imagery Transmission Format Standard (Version 2.0) is 
               documented as a collection of military standards documents.

               NITF Web pages include:

                 http://www.tasc.com/NITFS/
                 NITFS Home Page

                 http://www.itsi.disa.mil/ismc/ntb/ntb.html
                 The NITFS Technical Board

                 http://topaz.sensor.com/work/fmt/nitf/

         Type: Binary
    Extension: .odf
      Version: 
  Compression:
  Color Depth:
   Maintainer: Open Document Architecture Consortium (ODAC)
Specification: http://www.itu.ch/itudoc/itu-t/rec/t.html

               The Open Document Interchange Format (ODIF) is the data stream interchange
               format associated with the Open Document Architecture (ODA).  ODA is an
               object-oriented document architecture for the description of both the logical
               layot stuctures of a docuemnt. ODA also supports the transfer of documents in
               processable form. The ODA and ODIF standard is described in ITU docuemnts
               T.411 through T.421.

         Type: 3D
    Extension: off
      Version: 
  Compression:
  Color Depth:
   Maintainer: 
Specification: OFF was developed in 1986 at Digital Equipment Corporation's Workstation
               Systems Engineering for the interchange and archiving of 3D objects. OFF is
               an ASCII-based format and is independent of languages, devices, and operating
               systems.