Manchester Open Data

Comma-separated values (CSV) files are compatible with all types of spreadsheet and data management software and can also be read and edited in a text editor. CSV files store tabular data (numbers and text) in plain-text form.

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is a text-based open standard designed for human-readable data interchange. It is derived from the JavaScript scripting language for representing simple data structures and associative arrays, called objects.

This is a variety of JSON format that describes geographic properties in a standardised way. GeoJSON is becoming increasingly popular and is supported by a number of web mapping platforms.

Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format used to represent documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

KML (Keyhole Markup Language) is used to describe features on a map. The format is now available for anyone to use and is compatible with most freely available web mapping systems, including Bing Maps (Microsoft Ltd) and Google Maps.

KML files that have been compressed using the zip method. The default name for the KML file in a KMZ file is doc.kml.

The Rich Text Format (often abbreviated RTF) is a proprietary document file format with published specification developed by Microsoft Corporation since 1987 for Microsoft products and for cross-platform document interchange.

Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable.