The different types that one can use in the XML configuration types (for defining layouts and variables), is tabulated table below:
| Damaris type | C Type | Fortran type | Description |
| short | short int | integer*2 | 2-byte integer value |
| int | int | integer | 4-byte integer value |
| integer | int | integer | 4-byte integer value |
| long | long int | integer*8 | 8-byte integer value |
| float | float | real*4 | 4-byte float value |
| real | float | real*4 | 4-byte float value |
| double | double | real*8 | 8-byte float value |
| char | char | character | 1-byte character value |
| character | char | character | 1-byte character value |
| string | char[] | character(:) | Variable length null-terminated string |
| label | — | — | Not implemented yet. |
