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### 7.4 Writing VOTables

To write a VOTable using STIL you have to prepare a `StarTable` object which defines the output table's metadata and data. The `uk.ac.starlink.table` package provides a rich set of facilities for creating and modifying these, as described in Section 6 (see Section 6.4.2 for an example of how to turn a set of arrays into a `StarTable`). In general the FIELD `arraysize` and `datatype` attributes are determined from column classes using the same mappings described in Section 7.1.4.

A range of facilities for writing `StarTable`s out as VOTables is offered, allowing control over the data format and the structure of the resulting document.

- 7.4.1 Generic table output
- 7.4.2 Single VOTable output
- 7.4.3 TABLE element output
- 7.4.4 VOTable Version

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STIL - Starlink Tables Infrastructure Library
Starlink User Note252
STIL web page: http://www.starlink.ac.uk/stil/
Author email: m.b.taylor@bristol.ac.uk