Datasets:

referencesource
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file-format-software-version-compatibility

pretty_name: GIS vector format capabilities and limitations in GDAL
license: other
license_name: source-terms-cited
license_link: https://referencesource.org/file-format-software-version-compatibility/
language:
  - en
tags:
  - reference-data
  - provenance
  - referencesource-org
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        path: data/records.jsonl

GIS vector format capabilities and limitations in GDAL

Canonical, always-current version: https://referencesource.org/file-format-software-version-compatibility/ Machine-readable: https://referencesource.org/file-format-software-version-compatibility/data.json — this mirror is a point-in-time copy.

Last verified: 2026-08-04
Stale after: 2027-01-31 (past this date, prefer the canonical copy — it re-verifies on a cadence this snapshot does not)
Records: 3

Key capabilities, version requirements and format limitations for GIS vector drivers in GDAL, the authoritative open-source geospatial library. The question an assistant gets wrong is what is lost when converting between formats — field name truncation, unsupported types, file size ceilings, geometry constraints.

Provenance — what every record carries

Every record carries source (the URL the value was read from) and source_quote (a verbatim quote from that page stating it). A value you cannot check against its page is indistinguishable from an invented one; these can all be checked. Each record is also individually addressable on the canonical site at its url.

Licence position

MIT (source: GDAL documentation, OSGeo)

Facts are not copyrightable; what this dataset takes from each source is a fact plus a short attributed quote linking back to the page that states it.

Sources

Fields

See any record in data/records.jsonl — field names are self-describing, and the canonical page for each record renders them with labels: https://referencesource.org/file-format-software-version-compatibility/