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Format

Silo

Summary

Name
Silo
Version
PDB Variant
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1067
Description
Silo is a scientific data library created by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Silo can produce files based on the Portable Database format, or HDF5.
File extensions
silo
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

SILO PDB 1

Note
BOF: !<><PDB><>! VAR: _silolibinfo https://wci.llnl.gov/codes/silo/media/pdf/LLNL-SM-453191.pdf

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
213C3E3C5044423E3C3E21
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Variable
Offset
None
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
5F73696C6F6C6962696E666F
Endianness
None

SILO PDB 2

Note
BOF: !<<PDB:II>>! VAR: _silolibinfo https://wci.llnl.gov/codes/silo/media/pdf/LLNL-SM-453191.pdf

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
213C3C5044423A49493E3E21
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Variable
Offset
None
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
5F73696C6F6C6962696E666F
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V91

    Release date
    25 July 2017

    Silo PDB Variant: Signature developed through PRONOM Research. Requested by University of Leeds.

    Silo PDB Variant: Full entry added. Submitted by University of Leeds.