A data exchange format provides a formal notation for the linear description of data to be exchanged between tools.

See the ExchangeFormatBibliography for an overview of exchange formats.

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Exchange formats are currently attracting much attention in the reverse and reengineering communities. Parti
 
At a DagstuhlSeminar in January 2001 on interoperability the GraphExchangeLanguage (GXL) was discussed extensively. Since GXL is more like a meta-language, specific _schemas_ are needed to achieve data exchange between specific analyzers for Cobol, C, etc. During the DagstuhlSeminar further work on three levels was initiated, covering
	1 The SoftwareArchitecture level 
	1 An intermediate level covering data and control flow
	1 The abstract syntax tree level
 
SanderTichelaar has set up a separate Wiki (actually, a rather cool _Swiki_) devoted to Exchange at	http://titan.cnds.unibe.ch:8080/Exchange. It covers someuseful resources as well as updates on the intermediate level.
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The report of the January 2001 Dagstuhl seminar on
_Interoperability of Reengineering Tools_ is available at
	* http://www.dagstuhl.de/DATA/Seminars/01/#01041
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