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'''Advanced Scientific Data Format''' ('''ASDF''') is a proposed replacement to the [[FITS]] standard for astronomical images and other astronomicalscientific data.<ref name=Greenfield2015>{{cite journal |last1=Greenfield |first1=P. |last2=Droettboom |first2=M. |last3=Bray |first3=E. |year=2015 |title=ASDF: A new data format for astronomy |journal=Astronomy and Computing |volume=12 |pages=240–251 |doi=10.1016/j.ascom.2015.06.004 |bibcode = 2015A&C....12..240G|doi-access=free }}</ref> The [[metadata]] is contained in a [[YAML]] (Human-readable data serialization format) header followed by binary or ASCII data.
 
ASDF is used, notably, as an interchange format for the data processing pipeline of the [[James Webb Space Telescope]].[https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/understanding-jwst-data-files/jwst-data-formats#JWSTDataFormats-asdfASDFformat]