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Summary
Name	XYZ Coordinate Data
Version
Other names
Identifiers	Library of Congress Format Description Identifier: fdd000617 PUID: fmt/2067
Family
Classification	Dataset
Disclosure
Description	Files with the .xyz extension are most commonly ASCII (plain text) files containing spatial data expressed using the Cartesian coordinate system (x, y, and z). As they are usually simple lists of coordinates it is not possible to create a viable and consistently accurate PRONOM identification signature for these files at this time. There may be formats that use the .xyz extension that can be reliably identified and these should get their own PRONOM entries where appropriate.
Orientation
Byte order
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Preservica / Preservica
Source date	21 Jul 2025
Source description	v.121: new PUID.
Last updated	21 Jul 2025
Note	https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000617.shtml Submission: https://github.com/digital-preservation/PRONOM_Research/issues/97