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| released               = {{Start date and age|1993|df=yes}}
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| genre                  = Tape data storage, optical data storage, tape backup, [[Archive format|archive format]]
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| standard               = ISO/IEC 14863,<ref name="iso-14863">{{cite web |url=http://webstore.iec.ch/preview/info_isoiec14863%7Bed1.0%7Den.pdf |title= ISO/IEC 14863:1996 (E) – Information technology — System-Independent Data Format (SIDF) |publisher=ISO |year=1996 |accessdate=9 June 2013}}</ref> <br/>ECMA-208<ref name="ecma-208">{{cite web |url=https://www.ecma-international.org/wp-content/uploads/ECMA-208_1st_edition_december_1994.pdf |title=ECMA-208 System-Independent Data Format|publisher=ECMA |year=1994 |accessdate=21 October 2021}}</ref>
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The '''System Independent Data Format''' (SIDF) is a [[File system|file system]] specification for removable media that was designed to achieve storage [[Engineering:Interoperability|interoperability]] and to allow data interchange among software and hardware platforms.  The data format was originally developed in 1990 by Tom Bogart while at [[Company:Novell|Novell]]. In 1992, the System Independent Data Format (SIDF) committee, an industry consortium, was formed by [[Company:Tallgrass Technologies|Tallgrass Technologies]] to enhance the format. The SIDF committee included most data backup and archival software vendors at the time. In 1993, the specification was submitted to ECMA and adopted as an international standard by ECMA in December, 1994.<ref name="ecma-208" />

== See also ==
* [[List of archive formats]]
* [[Software:Comparison of archive formats|Comparison of archive formats]]

==References==
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{{Ecma International Standards}}
{{ISO standards}}

[[Category:Computer file formats]]
[[Category:Computer storage media]]
[[Category:Ecma standards]]


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