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Format

RData

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Summary

Name
RData
Version
ASCII
Identifiers
  • Library of Congress Format Description Identifier: fdd000470
  • PUID: fmt/1199
Format type
Dataset
Description
The RData format is created by the R development environment for statistical computing. The format serialises the entire workspace and can include data frames and other objects that can later be loaded back in to the R environment. By default the RData format is compressed within a GZip container.
File extensions
rdata
Source
The Borthwick Institute for Archives / The Borthwick Institute for Archives

Relationships

Can be contained by

Internal signatures

RData ASCII

Note
BOF: RDA2 \n A \n - described here: https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-ints.html#Serialization-Formats

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
524441320A410A
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V94

    Release date
    17 September 2018

    RData ASCII: Signature developed through PRONOM Research. Format was submitted for PRONOM Research as part of a collection provided by Filling the Digital Preservation Gap - University of York and University of Hull.

    RData ASCII: Full entry added. Format was submitted for PRONOM Research as part of a collection provided by Filling the Digital Preservation Gap - University of York and University of Hull.