Supported formats with the Data Interoperability extension

All formats supported by the Data Interoperability extension are uniquely identified by an uppercase alphanumeric string. Some formats support reading or writing exclusively, but not both.

For detailed information about the FME Reader and Writer formats, you can access the documentation in the following two ways:

Supported formats

Short Name

Description

Reader/Writer

3DS

Autodesk 3ds

Writer

ACAD

Autodesk AutoCAD DWG/DXF

Reader/Writer

ADAC

Australian Asset Design and As Constructed (ADAC)

Reader

AIS

NMEA Automatic Identification System (AIS)

Reader

AIXM

Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM)

Reader/Writer

AIXM5

Aeronautical Information Exchange Model 5 (AIXM 5)

Reader

ARCGEN

Esri ArcInfo Generate

Reader/Writer

ARCGISMAP

Esri ArcGIS Map Document

Reader

ARCGIS_LAYER

Esri ArcGIS Layer

Reader

ARCINFO

Esri ArcInfo Coverage

Reader/Writer

ARCPADAXF

Esri ArcPad Exchange Format(AXF)

Reader

BMP

Microsoft Bitmap (BMP)

Reader/Writer

CAT

Column Aligned Text (CAT)

Reader

CDED

Canadian Digital Elevation Data (CDED)

Reader/Writer

CGDEF

ComGraphix Data Exchange Format (CGDEF)

Reader/Writer

CITYGML

CityGML

Reader/Writer

CIVIL3D

Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D

Reader

COLLADA

Collaborative Design Activity (COLLADA)

Reader/Writer

CSV

Comma Separated Value (CSV)

Reader/Writer

DATAFILE

Data File

Reader/Writer

DB2

IBM DB2 Non-spatial

Reader/Writer

DB2SPATIAL

IBM DB2 Spatial

Reader/Writer

DBF

dBASE (DBF)

Reader/Writer

DGNV8

Bentley MicroStation Design (V8)

Reader/Writer

DLG

Digital Line Graph (DLG)

Reader

DMDF

Digital Map Data Format (DMDF)

Reader

DNF

OS (GB) MasterMap

Reader

DSFL

Danish DSFL

Reader

DTED

Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED)

Reader/Writer

DWF

Autodesk AutoCAD DWF

Reader/Writer

E00

Esri ArcInfo Export (E00)

Reader/Writer

EPA_GDXML

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Geospatial Data

Reader

EPS

Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)

Writer

ESF

BC MoF Electronic Submission Framework - ESF

Reader/Writer

ESRIMSD

Esri Mapping Specification for CAD (MSC)

Reader/Writer

FACET

Facet XDR

Reader/Writer

FFS

FME Feature Store (FFS)

Reader/Writer

FILECOPY

File Copy

Writer

FILEGDB

Esri Geodatabase (File Geodatabase API)

Reader/Writer

FM0

Intergraph GeoMedia Access Warehouse

Reader/Writer

FM0_SQL

Intergraph GeoMedia SQL Server Warehouse

Reader/Writer

GDMS

Geographic Data Management System (GDMS)

Reader

GENAMAP

Genasys GenaMap

Reader

GENERIC

Generic (Any Format)

Reader/Writer

GEODATABASE_FILE

Esri Geodatabase (File Geodatabase ArcObjects)

Reader/Writer

GEODATABASE_MDB

Esri Geodatabase (Personal Geodatabase)

Reader/Writer

GEODATABASE_SDE

Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodatabase)

Reader/Writer

GEODATABASE_XML

Esri Geodatabase (XML Workspace Document)

Reader

GEOHASH

Geohash

Reader

GEOJSON

GeoJSON (Geographic JavaScript Object Notation)

Reader/Writer

GEONET

NGA GEOnet Names Server

Reader

GEORSS

GeoRSS/RSS Feed

Reader/Writer

GEOTIFF

GeoTIFF (Geo-referenced Tagged Image File Format)

Reader/Writer

GG

Bentley MicroStation GeoGraphics

Reader/Writer

GIF

GIF Rasterizer

Writer

GML

GML (Geography Markup Language)

Reader/Writer

GML212

GML v2.1.2 (Geography Markup Language)

Reader

GMLSF

GML SF-0 (Geography Markup Language Simple Features Level SF-0 Profile)

Reader/Writer

GOOGLE_SPREADSHEET

Google Spreadsheet

Reader/Writer

GOOGLEFUSIONTABLES

Google Fusion Tables Spatial

Reader/Writer

GOOGLEFUSIONTABLES_DB

Google Fusion Tables Non-Spatial

Reader/Writer

GPX

GPS eXchange Format (GPX)

Reader/Writer

GRD

PenMetrics GRD

Reader/Writer

IDRISI

IDRISI Vector Format

Reader/Writer

IEPS

Adobe Illustrator EPS

Writer

IFC

Industry Foundation Class STEP Files (IFC)

Reader

IFF

1Spatial Internal Feature Format (IFF)

Reader/Writer

IGDS

Bentley MicroStation Design (V7)

Reader/Writer

INFX

IBM Informix

Reader/Writer

INFXSPATIAL

IBM Informix Spatial

Reader/Writer

ISO8211

ISO8211

Reader

IUF

Land Victoria Incremental Update Format (IUF)

Reader

JOBXML

Trimble JobXML

Reader

JSON

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)

Reader/Writer

KF85

Swedish KF85

Reader/Writer

LANDONLINE

Landonline (Land Information New Zealand Cadastre Survey Data Exchange Format based on LandXML)

Reader

LANDXML

LandXML

Reader

LAS

ASPRS Lidar Data Exchange Format (LAS)

Reader/Writer

MASIK

Swedish MASIK

Reader/Writer

MCF

STAR-APIC Mercator MCF

Reader/Writer

MDB_ADO

Microsoft Access

Reader/Writer

MGE

Intergraph MGE

Reader/Writer

MIF

MapInfo MIF/MID

Reader/Writer

MITAB

MapInfo TAB (MITAB)

Reader/Writer

MOEP

B.C. MOEP

Reader

MSSQL_ADO

Microsoft SQL Server Non-spatial

Reader/Writer

MSSQL_SPATIAL

Microsoft SQL Server Spatial

Reader/Writer

NEN3610

NEN 3610 (GML)

Reader

NTF

OS (GB) NTF

Reader

NULL

NULL (Nothing)

Reader/Writer

OBJ

Wavefront OBJ

Reader/Writer

ODBC2

ODBC 3.x

Reader/Writer

OGCKML

Google Earth KML

Reader/Writer

OGEOSMS

OGC Open GeoSMS

Reader

ORACLE

Oracle Spatial Relational

Reader/Writer

ORACLE8I

Oracle Spatial Object

Reader/Writer

ORACLE8I_DB

Oracle Non-spatial

Reader/Writer

ORACLEPOINTCLOUD

Oracle Spatial Point Cloud

Reader/Writer

OSM

OpenStreetMap (OSM) XML

Reader

OSVECTORMAPDISTRICT

OS VectorMap District

Reader

OSVECTORMAPLOCAL

OS VectorMap Local

Reader

PCARCINFO

Esri PC ArcInfo Coverage

Reader

PDF

Adobe 3D PDF

Writer

PDF2D

Adobe Geospatial PDF

Writer

PHOCUS

PHOCUS PHODAT

Reader

POINTCLOUDXYZ

Point Cloud XYZ

Reader/Writer

POSTGIS

PostGIS

Reader/Writer

POSTGRES

PostgreSQL

Reader/Writer

QLF

CITS Data Transfer Format (QLF)

Reader/Writer

RDB

RIEGL Laser Scan Database (RDB)

Reader

RDB_PROJECT

RIEGL RDB Project

Reader

REGIS

Regional Geographic Information System (REGIS)

Reader/Writer

S57

S-57 (ENC) Hydrographic Data

Reader

SAIF

Spatial Archive and Interchange Format (SAIF)

Reader

SALESFORCE

Salesforce

Reader/Writer

SCHEMA

Schema (Any Format)

Reader

SCHEMA_FROM_TABLE

Schema (From Table)

Reader

SDE30

Esri ArcSDE

Reader/Writer

SDL

Autodesk MapGuide SDL

Reader/Writer

SDTS

Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS)

Reader

SEG-P1

SEG-P1

Reader

SHAPE

Esri Shape

Reader/Writer

SKETCHUP

Google SketchUp

Reader

SLF

Standard Linear Format (SLF)

Reader

SPATIALITE

SpatiaLite

Reader/Writer

SQLITE3

SQLite Non-spatial

Reader/Writer

SQLLDR

Oracle SQL Loader

Writer

STRUMAP

Northgate StruMap

Reader/Writer

SVG

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)

Writer

TEXTLINE

Text File

Reader/Writer

TIGER

U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line

Reader

TIGERGML

U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/GML

Reader

TOP10

Dutch TOP10 GML

Reader/Writer

TOP50NL

Dutch TOP50NL GML

Reader

UFO

Danish UFO

Reader/Writer

VML

Vector Markup Language (VML)

Writer

VPF_DB

Vector Product Format Database (VPF_DB)

Reader

VRML

Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML)

Writer

VRT

OGR Virtual Dataset (VRT)

Reader

WFS

WFS (Web Feature Service)

Reader

WHITESTAR

Halliburton GeoGraphix CDF

Reader/Writer

WKB

OGC Well Known Binary (WKB)

Reader

WKT

OGC Well Known Text (WKT)

Reader

X3D

X3D

Writer

X3D_VRML

Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML)

Writer

XDK

XDK (XML format for Danish DSFL)

Reader

XLS_ADO

Microsoft Excel

Reader/Writer

XML

XML (Extensible Markup Language)

Reader/Writer

XYZ

Space Delimited XYZ

Reader

Z-MAP_ASCII

Landmark Z-Map (ASCII)

Reader

ZFS

Z+F LaserControl ZFS

Reader

ZGF

Landmark Zycor Graphics File (ZGF)

Reader

ZMAP

Landmark Z-Map (ASCII)

Writer

Supported formats with the Data Interoperability extension.

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12/16/2013