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UDCF - Universal Dive Computer Format

Kai Schröder `<kai@streit.cc>` and Steffen Reith `<streit@streit.cc>`,

2002/02/16

The interchangeability of the various formats of dive profiles of different dive computer and dive simulation programs is the purpose of UDCF. With it it's possible to analyse a "real" dive profile recorded by an arbitrary dive computer after conversion into UDCF on an arbitrarily chosen computer system or to recalculate this profile using a different decompression model, respectively.

1. Structure of UDCF Files

2. Elements of UDCF (in alphabetical order)

2.1 <acv> ... </acv> (optional)
2.2 <addinfo> ... </addinfo> (optional)
2.3 <alarm> ... </alarm> (optional)
2.4 <altitude> ... </altitude> (required)
2.5 <d> ... </d> (required)
2.6 <datatrak> ... </datatrak> (optional)
2.7 <date> ... </date> (required)
2.8 <day> ... </day> (required)
2.9 <delta> ... </delta> (required)
2.10 <deltamode/> (required)
2.11 <density> ... </density> (required)
2.12 <device> ... </device> (required)
2.13 <dive> ... </dive> (required)
2.14 <gases> ... </gases> (required)
2.15 <he> ... </he> (required)
2.16 <hour> ... </hour> (required)
2.17 Comments
2.18 <minute> ... </minute> (required)
2.19 <mix> ... </mix> (required)
2.20 <mixname> ... </mixname> (required)
2.21 <model> ... </model> (required)
2.22 <month> ... </month> (required)
2.23 <n2> ... </n2> (required)
2.24 <o2> ... </o2> (required)
2.25 <pend> ... </pend> (optional)
2.26 <persinfo> ... </persinfo> (optional)
2.27 <place> ... </place> (optional)
2.28 <profile udcf="1"> ... </profile> (required)
2.29 <program> ... </program> (optional)
2.30 <pstart> ... </pstart> (required)
2.31 <repgroup> ... </repgroup> (required)
2.32 <samples> ... </samples> (required)
2.33 <serialid> ... </serialid> (optional)
2.34 <surfaceinterval> ... </surfaceinterval> (required)
2.35 <switch> ... </switch> (required)
2.36 <t> ... </t> (required)
2.37 <tank> ... </tank> (optional)
2.38 <tankvolume> ... </tankvolume> (optional)
2.39 <tausim> ... </tausim> (optional)
2.40 <temperature> ... </temperature> (optional)
2.41 <time> ... </time> (required)
2.42 <timedepthmode/> (required)
2.43 <totaldives> ... </totaldives> (optional)
2.44 <units> ... </units> (required)
2.45 <vendor> ... </vendor> (required)
2.46 <version> ... </version> (required)
2.47 <work> ... </work> (optional)
2.48 <year> ... </year> (required)

Appendix

3. A grammar for UDCF