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Inspiration Software File

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Summary

Name
Inspiration Software File
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1647
Format type
Text (Structured)
Description
The Inspiration Software File (ISF) is a format created by Inspiration software and files can be opened using the software. The Inspiration software was founded in 1982 by Donald Helfgott and Mona Westhaver, originally as a tool focused on business analytics, helping to build products to meet business needs. In 1996 the focus of the tool shifted to educational purposes, supporting educators and students across early and higher education. There are several known version of this software up to version 10 as the latest version in February 2021. The ISF files created on version 9 Inspiration software are identical to version 10, but version 7 and 8 ISF files lack the functionality to save data containing mind maps (as according to the manufacturer instructions, please see the web-links in Note section).
Note
https://psychology.fandom.com/wiki/Inspiration_Software https://v10.inspiration-manual.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20001018120642/http://www.inspirationsoftware.com/beta.html https://www.inspiration-at.com/
File extensions
isf
Source
National Archives of Australia / National Archives of Australia

Internal signatures

Inspiration Software File

Note
BOF; Offset: 0; Magic Bytes: 'application/x-inspiration....Created by software from Inspiration Software, Inc.{80-258}.JFIF'

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
6170706C69636174696F6E2F782D696E737069726174696F6E202020204372656174656420627920736F6674776172652066726F6D20496E737069726174696F6E20536F6674776172652C20496E632E{80-258}104A464946
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V103

    Release date
    11 March 2022

    Inspiration Software File: Signature researched and samples provided by National Archives of Australia and State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales.

    Inspiration Software File: Full entry added. Submitted by National Archives of Australia and State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales.