File Formats

The only document type in MSBNX is the model network document. Each saved document represents one Bayesian belief network and includes its prior probabilities and the properties associated with the model, including all of its variables, or nodes.

MSBNX supports two distinct file formats.

The XBN format is intended to replace the legacy DSC format.

Both of these file formats are basically text and can be edited or generated by such tools as EMACS, Notepad or Wordpad. The documentation of the internal syntax of these formats is beyond the scope of this help file. More information may be available from the Microsoft Research MSBNX web site.