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==Project Exchange Format==

In March 2019 the [[Rotterdam Exchange Format Initiative]] (REFI) launched a new open exchange standard for qualitative data called QDA-XML.<ref>{{cite web|title=Launch – Codebook Exchange|url=https://www.qdasoftware.org/launch-the-codebook-exchange/|accessdate=19 March 2019}}</ref> The aim is to allow users to bring coded qualitative data from one software package to another. Initially support was included in [[Atlas.ti]], [[QDA Miner]], [[Quirkos]] and [[Transana]], and is now implemented in [[Dedoose]], [[MAXQDA]], [[NVivo]] and [[QualCoder]] as well, while [[f4analyse]] only to Export .<ref>{{cite web|title=Products – Project Exchange|url=https://www.qdasoftware.org/products-project-exchange/|accessdate=077 October 2022}}</ref> Although this was not the first standard to be proposed, it was the first to be implemented by more than one software package, and came as the result of a collaboration between vendors and community representatives from the research community. Previously there was very little capability to bring data in from other software packages.

==Pros and cons==