4 Table I/O

Tables can be loaded into TOPCAT using the Load Window or from the command line, or acquired from VO services, and saved using the Save Window. This section describes the file formats supported for input and output, as well as the syntax to use when specifying a table by name, either as a file/URL or using a scheme specification.

• 4.1 Table Formats
• 4.1.1 Input Formats
• 4.1.1.1 FITS
• 4.1.1.2 Column-oriented FITS
• 4.1.1.3 VOTable
• 4.1.1.4 CDF
• 4.1.1.5 CSV
• 4.1.1.6 ECSV
• 4.1.1.7 ASCII
• 4.1.1.8 IPAC
• 4.1.1.9 PDS4
• 4.1.1.10 MRT
• 4.1.1.11 Parquet
• 4.1.1.12 HAPI
• 4.1.1.13 Feather
• 4.1.1.14 GBIN
• 4.1.1.15 TST
• 4.1.1.16 World Data Center
• 4.1.2 Output Formats
• 4.1.2.1 FITS
• 4.1.2.2 Column-oriented FITS
• 4.1.2.3 VOTable
• 4.1.2.4 CSV
• 4.1.2.5 ECSV
• 4.1.2.6 ASCII
• 4.1.2.7 IPAC
• 4.1.2.8 Parquet
• 4.1.2.9 Feather
• 4.1.2.10 Text
• 4.1.2.11 HTML
• 4.1.2.12 LaTeX
• 4.1.2.13 Tab-Separated Table
• 4.1.2.14 Mirage Format
• 4.1.3 Custom I/O Formats
• 4.2 Input Locations
• 4.3 Input Schemes
• 4.3.1 skysim
• 4.3.2 attractor
• 4.3.3 jdbc
• 4.3.4 loop
• 4.3.5 test
• 4.3.6 class
• 4.3.7 hapi