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{{Infobox file format

| name = ASDF<br />Advanced Scientific Data Format

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| url = {{URL|asdf-standard.readthedocs.io}}

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'''Advanced Scientific Data Format''' ('''ASDF''') is a proposed<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}}</ref> replacement to the [[FITS]] standard for astronomical images and other astronomical data. The [[metadata]] is contained in a [[YAML]] header followed by binary or ASCII data.

==Improvements to FITS==