XML files Definition

An ASCII text file in the Extensible Markup Language format, developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). XML is a markup language used to describe data, and enables the definition, transmission, validation, and interpretation of data between applications.

The Quartus^® Prime Standard Edition software uses the XML format to describe data in the following file types:

• Component Declaration File (.cmp)
• Conversion Setup File (.cof)
• Design Space Explorer Custom Space File (.dse)
• IBIS model input files
• JTAG Debugging Information File (.jdi)
• PartMiner edaXML-Format File (.xml)
• Pin Planner File (.ppf)
• SignalTap II File (.stp)
• Sources and Probes File (.spf)
• XML Report Database File (.xml)