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Exchange Format

A format primarily for data interchange (e.g. MARC21, OAI-PMH)

15 standards

Atom Syndication Format

(Atom)

An XML-based web syndication format for publishing and consuming feeds of entries such as blog posts and news.

Exchange Format active IETF Updated December 1, 2005

CycloneDX Bill of Materials Standard

(CycloneDX)

A full-stack bill of materials standard covering software, hardware, SaaS, AI, and cryptography.

Exchange Format active OWASP Foundation / Ecma International TC54 Updated April 9, 2024

Electronic Product Code Information Services

(EPCIS)

Captures what, where, when, and why as products move through supply chain business processes.

Exchange Format active GS1 Updated June 1, 2022

General Transit Feed Specification

(GTFS)

The dominant open standard for publishing public transit schedules, routes, and real-time service information.

Exchange Format active MobilityData Est. 2005

iCalendar

(iCal)

The universal calendar data exchange format used by virtually all calendaring and scheduling applications.

Exchange Format active Internet Engineering Task Force Updated September 1, 2009

ISO 25577 MarcXchange

(MarcXchange)

An ISO standard XML format for the exchange of MARC-structured bibliographic records across systems.

Exchange Format active ISO Updated December 1, 2020

MARC 21

(MARC 21)

The dominant machine-readable format for exchanging bibliographic and authority data in libraries.

Exchange Format active Library of Congress Updated June 3, 2025

MARCXML: MARC 21 XML Schema

(MARCXML)

A lossless XML representation of MARC 21 records for use in web and XML environments.

Exchange Format active Library of Congress Updated February 2, 2022

NewsML-G2

(NewsML-G2)

The news industry's XML format for exchanging text, images, video, events, and sports data.

Exchange Format active International Press Telecommunications Council Updated June 28, 2024

ONIX for Books

(ONIX)

The book industry's standard XML format for exchanging product metadata between publishers and retailers.

Exchange Format active EDItEUR Est. 2000

Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting

(OAI-PMH)

A lightweight harvesting protocol that lets repositories expose metadata through six simple HTTP verbs.

Exchange Format active Open Archives Initiative Updated June 14, 2002

Really Simple Syndication

(RSS)

An XML-based family of web feed formats for distributing frequently updated content like blog posts and podcasts.

Exchange Format active RSS Advisory Board Updated March 30, 2009

Software Package Data Exchange

(SPDX)

Communicates software bill of materials including licenses, components, and security references.

Exchange Format active Linux Foundation Updated December 1, 2024

UNIMARC

(UNIMARC)

An international MARC format enabling bibliographic data exchange across national library systems.

Exchange Format active International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Updated June 1, 2020

Web ARChive Format

(WARC)

A container format for aggregating and preserving web crawl data including HTTP requests, responses, and metadata.

Exchange Format active International Internet Preservation Consortium / ISO Updated August 1, 2017