SEG-Y

file format for storing geophysical data
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SEG-Y

Summary

SEG-Y is a file format[1]. SEG-Y draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #121 of 297).[2]

Key Facts

  • SEG-Y's instance of is recorded as file format[3].
  • SEG-Y's developer is recorded as Society of Exploration Geophysicists[4].
  • +1973-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of SEG-Y[5].
  • SEG-Y's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fprv7[6].
  • SEG-Y's described at URL is recorded as https://library.seg.org/seg-technical-standards[7].
  • SEG-Y's file extension is recorded as sgy[8].
  • SEG-Y's file extension is recorded as segy[9].
  • SEG-Y's PRONOM file format ID is recorded as fmt/363[10].
  • SEG-Y's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 181658902[11].
  • SEG-Y's NARA File Format Preservation Plan ID is recorded as NF00845[12].
  • SEG-Y's NARA File Format Preservation Plan ID is recorded as NF00854[13].
  • SEG-Y's NARA File Format Preservation Plan ID is recorded as NF00863[14].
  • SEG-Y's NARA File Format Preservation Plan ID is recorded as NF00864[15].

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Designation and Status

SEG-Y's instance of is recorded as file format[3].

History and Context

+1973-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of SEG-Y[5].

Why It Matters

SEG-Y draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #121 of 297).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved . nationalarchives.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved . nationalarchives.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved . nationalarchives.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). SEG-Y. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/seg-y
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_seg-y_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{SEG-Y}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/seg-y}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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