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A standard (but older and limited) data storage format developed for the once-popular dBASE DBMS. Of interest primarily because it forms part of the "shapefile" specification for sharing GIS data.
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Which character encoding is used by the DBF file in shapefiles?
The original DBF standard defines to use ISO8859-1, and only ISO8859-1. So, when you get a Shapefile that is really standards conform, it should be ISO8859-1. … You should really only use ASCII in the column names of a DBF if you want the file to be openable with other programs. …
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