Title                  :EMMFF V. 1.0
Keywords               :XEDS,EELS,AES,WDS,CLS,GAM,XRF,PES
Computer               :IBM, MAC, DEC
Operating System       :ALL
Programming Language   :Fortran 77
Hardware Requirements  :None
Author(s)              :EMSA/MAS TASK FORCE
                        Ray Egerton ,Charles E. Fiori ,John A. Hunt,
			Mike S. Isaacson,Earl J. Kirkland ,Nestor J. Zaluzec 
Correspondence Address :R.F. EGERTON-CHAIRMAN
			University of Alberta
			Dept. of Physics
			Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G2J1
Abstract:

	A simple format for the exchange of digital spectral data is 
presented, and proposed as an EMSA/MAS standard.  This format is readable by 
both humans and computers and is suitable for  transmission through various 
electronic networks (BITNET, ARPANET), the phone system (with modems) or on 
physical computer storage devices (such as floppy disks).  The format is not 
tied to any one computer, programming language or computer operating system.  
The adoption of a standard format would enable different laboratories to freely 
exchange spectral data, and would help to standarize data
analysis software. If equipment manufacturers were to support a common format, 
the microscopy and microanalysis community would avoid duplicated effort in 
writing data-analysis software. This version of EMSAMASFF contains two 
subroutines which read and write spectral data files  Version 1.0 data format. 
The data are stored as simple ASCII characters at a user defined number of 
columns per line for the  length of the data file. The spectral data is 
preceeded by a series of header lines, which tell the user about the 
parameters of the spectrum. The header lines are identified by the first 
character in the line being the symbol (#) followed by a descriptor  and if 
appropriate its units. An example of a data file format can be found in the 
EMSAMASFF.DOC file. 
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