Campbell Scientific LoggerNet Datalogger Support Software - Manual (Page 500)

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats
The timestamp and record number for each record are an optional output in a
TOB1 file. If these elements are present, a “SECONDS”,
“NANOSECONDS”, and “RECORD” column will be generated as names in
the field list of header line two.
B.1.6 Array Compatible CSV
This file format can be used to product output files from table data dataloggers
that are similar to those created by mixed array dataloggers. The file format
has the following features:
• Commas separate all values.
• The user determines whether to include an Array ID. If an Array ID is to
be included, it is specified by the user.
• The user specifies the format of the timestamp.
An example of an Array Compatible CSV file:
101,2009,105,1051,27,13.39,24.04,23.99
101,2009,105,1052,28,13.39,24.04,23.98
101,2009,105,1053,29,13.39,24.04,23.98
101,2009,105,1054,30,13.39,24.04,24
101,2009,105,1055,31,13.39,24.04,23.98
101,2009,105,1056,32,13.39,24.04,23.98
B.1.7 CSIXML
CSIXML is an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) based file format
designed to provide the following features:
• Contains data for a single table.
• Data records can be appended without having to reformat the entire file.
• The file meta-data can be verified for appending data without having to
read the entire file.
• Lends itself readily to XSL transformations to produce various other CSI
text based formats as well as customer specific formats.
• Simple to encode and to decode table records.
• Can handle both interval driven and event driven data without significant
structural complexity.
• XSD (XML Schema) files can be generated readily for a specific table file
using XSL transforms.
B.1.7.1 A Short Introduction to XML
First and foremost, CSIXML is a well-formed XML document. This means
that all CSIXML files will conform to the syntax rules for XML. Well formed
XML documents possess a tree structure that consists of elements and element
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