# baseURI: https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00910 @prefix : . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix nara: . @prefix naraid: . @prefix owl: . @prefix rdf: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix wikidata: . @prefix xsd: . naraid:NF00910 a nara:FileFormat ; dcterms:description "STereoLithography ASCII (STL) is a proprietary but openly documented 3D modeling format originally developed in 1987 by the 3D Systems Corporation. STL was first developed for stereolithography, an early type of 3D printing commonly used at the time. The format remains mostly unchanged but widely supported. STL has both an ASCII and Binary format, but Binary is most commonly used due to the large file size for the ASCII variant. The format may also be referred to as Standard Tessellation Language or Standard Triangle Language. Although more robust file formats for 3D printing have been developed, STL remains a widely used standard. As STL is widely adopted and supported by open source renderers, no transformation is needed. " ; dcterms:identifier "NF00910" ; rdfs:label "NF00910" ; wikidata:p1163 "application/sla" ; wikidata:p1163 "model/stl" ; wikidata:p1163 "model/x.stl-ascii" ; wikidata:p1195 "stl" ; wikidata:p2748 "https://pronom.nationalarchives.gov.uk/x-fmt/108" ; wikidata:p3266 "https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000506.shtml" ; wikidata:p3381 "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/STL" ; wikidata:p973 "https://docs.fileformat.com/cad/stl/" ; wikidata:p973 "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STL_(file_format)" ; wikidata:p973 "https://www.fabbers.com/tech/STL_Format" ; wikidata:p973 "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1238229" ; nara:category naraid:DesignVector ; nara:formatName "STereoLithography ASCII" ; nara:preservationAction naraid:Retain ; nara:preservationPlan "Retain" ; nara:riskLevel naraid:Moderate ; nara:tools "Blender; FreeCAD" ; . a owl:Ontology ; .