Format
FLExText Interlinear XML Format
Summary
- Name
- FLExText Interlinear XML Format
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/1799
- Format type
- Text (Mark-up)
- Description
- The FLExText Interlinear XML format is used in the field of linguistics study. FlExText is produced by SIL International’s FieldWorks software, and can be imported to other programs such as ELAN and SayMore.
- File extensions
-
flextext - Source
- Preservica / Preservica
Relationships
- Has priority over
Internal signatures
FLExText Interlinear XML Format
- Note
- BOF offset 0-3, XML 1.0 declaration, then mandatory elements, ‘document’, ‘interlinear-text’, ‘paragraphs’– see https://github.com/sillsdev/FieldWorks/blob/develop/DistFiles/Language%20Explorer/Export%20Templates/Interlinear/FlexInterlinear.xsd. There are additional non-mandatory elements and attributes that can appear, which may mean that relative offsets between elements may need to be tweaked further.
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
{0-3}3C3F786D6C2076657273696F6E3D22312E302220656E636F64696E673D22(55|75)(54|74)(46|66)2D38223F3E{0-3}3C646F63756D656E74{1-256}3C696E7465726C696E6561722D74657874{1-1024}3C70617261677261706873- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Updated in V121
- Release date
- 24 September 2025
FLExText Interlinear XML Format: Signature amended to allow for lowercase utf. Submitted by Preservica with samples provided by the Endangered Language Archives.
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Updated in V118
- Release date
- 30 April 2024
FLExText Interlinear XML Format: Offset from BOF changed from 0 to 0-3 to provide flexibility for the XML 1.0 declaration. Submitted by Preservica based on format samples provided by The Endangered Languages Archive.
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Added in V110
- Release date
- 14 March 2023
FLExText Interlinear XML Format: Signature researched and samples provided by Preservica.
FLExText Interlinear XML Format: Full entry added. Submitted by Preservica.