CDX (ChemDraw Exchange) is a binary file type created by
CambridgeSoft Corporation's
ChemDraw chemical structure application.
CDXML is the
XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing data. It defines a set of rules for encoding electronic document, documents in a format that is both human-readable and Machine-r ...
and preferred version of this format.
CDX is the native file format used by
ChemDraw to store molecular data, such as atoms, bonds, fragments, arrows and text in a tagged binary format, accurately. The CDX file format is used across Windows, Mac and Linux distributions.
References
External links
CDX File Format, Documentation of File Specification
Chemical file formats
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