Format

Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix)

Summary

Name: Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix)
Version: 8.2
Identifiers: PUID: fmt/1018
Format type: Dataset
Description: SAS (Statistical Analysis System) is a statistical analysis software suite developed by SAS Institute. A SAS data file is a type of SAS data set that contains data values and descriptor information.
File extensions: sas7bdat, sd7
Source: Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has priority over

Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix) Generic

Internal signatures

SAS Data (Unix) 8.2

Note: BOF: 32 byte binary magic {7} 0x31 = Unix {116} 'DATA' {53-61} '8.02'. Signature based extensively on unofficial description of DATA format, plus a wide variety of format samples: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/sas7bdat/vignettes/sas7bdat.pdf

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length: Absolute from BOF
Offset: 0
Max offset: 0
Byte Sequence: 000000000000000000000000C2EA8160B31411CFBD92080009C7318C181F1011{7}31{116}44415441{56-64}382E3032
Endianness: None

Changelog

Added in V90

Release date

30 March 2017

Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix) 8.2: Signature developed through PRONOM Research. Requested by Filling the Digital Preservation Gap - University of York and University of Hull.

Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix) 8.2: Full entry added. Requested by Filling the Digital Preservation Gap - University of York and University of Hull.