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Format

Scribus Document

Summary

Name
Scribus Document
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/vnd.scribus
  • PUID: fmt/1091
Format type
Presentation
Description
Scribus is an open source desktop publishing application originally created by Franz Schmid. Scribus document files may be compressed within a GZIP container. It may be desirable to distinguish between different versions of Scribus Document.
File extensions
sla, scd
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

Scribus

Note
BOF: '<SCRIBUS' - this sequence captures the oldest variant to use XML tags, <SCRIBUS> approximately in use for versions 0.3-0.9.*, a later variant <SCRIBUSUTF8 approximately in use for versions 1.0-1.2.*, and an even later variant <SCRIBUSUTF8NEW approximately in use for versions 1.3 onwards. It may be desirable to split these into separate PUIDs.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
3C53435249425553
Endianness
None

Scribus version with XML header

Note
BOF: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>.<SCRIBUSUTF8NEW - This variant appears to have been in use from approximately Scribus version 1.3 and later

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
3C3F786D6C2076657273696F6E3D22312E302220656E636F64696E673D225554462D38223F3E(0D|0A|0D0A)3C53435249425553555446384E4557
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V92

    Release date
    20 September 2017

    Scribus Document: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    Scribus Document: Full entry added.