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Statistical Analysis System Catalog (Unix)

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Summary

Name
Statistical Analysis System Catalog (Unix)
Version
9.3
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1028
Format type
Dataset
Description
SAS (Statistical Analysis System) is a statistical analysis software suite developed by SAS Institute. SAS catalogs store many different kinds of information in smaller units called catalog entries. Each entry has an entry type that identifies its purpose to SAS. A single SAS catalog can contain several types of catalog entries.
File extensions
sas7bcat, sc7
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

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Internal signatures

SAS Catalog (Unix) 9.3

Note
BOF: 32 byte binary magic {7} 0x31 = Unix {116} 'CATALOG' {53-61} '9.03'. 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
000000000000000000000000C2EA8163B31411CFBD92080009C7318C181F1011{7}31{116}434154414C4F47{53-61}392E3033
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V90

    Release date
    30 March 2017

    Statistical Analysis System Catalog (Unix) 9.3: Signature developed through PRONOM Research. Requested by Filling the Digital Preservation Gap - University of York and University of Hull.

    Statistical Analysis System Catalog (Unix) 9.3: Full entry added. Requested by Filling the Digital Preservation Gap - University of York and University of Hull.