WDTF Download

Downloading the transfer format package

The WDTF download package contains:

  • schema documents
  • full and minimal example WDTF files
  • documentation, explaining each field
  • syntactic validation tool
  • local cache of inherited schemas.

Download and extract the current transfer format package

Download the v1.0.2 transfer format distribution package.

The following table indicates details of some of the key files and directories within the download package to assist you in understanding the schema.

File/directory path References
/wdtf-package-v1.0.2/index.html Detailed WDTF documentation in HTML (including the release notes), with supporting overview and background PDFs
/wdtf-package-v1.0.2/wdtf/water.xsd The WDTF XML schema
/wdtf-package-v1.0.2/wdtf/Examples Full data file examples
/wdtf-package-v1.0.2/wdtf/minimalExamples Minimal data file examples
/wdtf-package-v1.0.2/documentation/XML.FileTransferConventions.htm Conventions for content, naming and FTP

/wdtf-package-v1.0.2/externalSchemas
/wdtf-package-v1.0.2/gmlsfx
/wdtf-package-v1.0.2/sampling
/wdtf-package-v1.0.2/om

 The schemas WDTF has inherited from other standards
/wdtf-package-v1.0.2/lib The offline syntactic validation tool

Download previous versions

Download the v1.0.1 transfer format distribution package.

Download the v1.0 transfer format distribution package.

Download the v0.3 transfer format distribution package

Receive updates on the transfer format package

Subscribe to receive notifications of any format updates, online validation and WDTF tool support developments. Simply register via email to waterdata@bom.gov.au. When we receive and process your request you will receive an acknowledgement email from us.

For further information on the Water Data Transfer Format, email us at waterdata@bom.gov.au.


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