Some of the tools ask you to specify the format of output tables
using the ofmt
parameter.
The following list gives the values usually allowed for this;
in some cases as you can see there are several variants of a given format.
You can abbreviate these names, and the first match in the list below
will be used, so for instance specifying votable
is equivalent
to specifying votable-tabledata
and fits
is equivalent to fits-plus
.
Matching is case-insensitive.
fits-plus
fits-basic
for most purposes)fits-basic
fits-var
fits-basic
,
but the FITS P
and Q
format types are
used where appropriate to write variable-length array columns.
fits-healpix
fits-basic
, but can only be used for
writing tables containing HEALPix pixel data, and will rearrange
column sequence and names to follow the convention if necessary.
colfits-plus
colfits-basic
votable-tabledata
votable-binary-inline
STREAM
element.
votable-binary-href
votable-binary2-inline
STREAM
element.
This option is only available if VOTable output version is
VOTable 1.3 or later.
VOTable 1.3 is the default;
see the votable.version
system property.
votable-binary2-href
votable.version
system property.
votable-fits-href
votable-fits-inline
STREAM
elementascii
text
csv
csv-noheader
ipac
tst
html
TABLE
elementhtml-element
TABLE
elementlatex
tabular
environmentlatex-document
tabular
environmentmirage
In some cases the tools may guess what output format you want by looking at the extension of the output filename you have specified.