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Expand Up @@ -3996,6 +3996,24 @@ whether imported ``Categorical`` variables are ordered.
a ``Categorial`` with string categories for the values that are labeled and
numeric categories for values with no label.

.. _io.other:

Other file formats
------------------

pandas itself only supports IO with a limited set of file formats that map
cleanly to its tabular data model. For reading and writing other file formats
into and from pandas, we recommend these packages from the broader community.

netCDF
~~~~~~

xray_ provides data structures inspired by the pandas DataFrame for working
with multi-dimensional datasets, with a focus on the netCDF file format and
easy conversion to and from pandas.

.. _xray: http://xray.readthedocs.org/

.. _io.perf:

Performance Considerations
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