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FLExText Interlinear XML Format

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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
Submitted by
Preservica / Preservica

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Internal signatures

FLExText Interlinear XML Format

Description
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.
Provenance
v.118: Offset from BOF changed from 0 to 0-3 to provide flexibility for the XML 1.0 declaration. Submitted by Preservica based on samples provided by The Endanagered Languages Archive. V.121: Signature amended to allow for lower case 'utf'.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
3
Byte Sequence
3C3F786D6C2076657273696F6E3D22312E302220656E636F64696E673D22(55|75)(54|74)(46|66)2D38223F3E{0-3}3C646F63756D656E74{1-256}3C696E7465726C696E6561722D74657874{1-1024}3C70617261677261706873
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V121

    Release date
    24 September 2025

    • Updated

      FLExText Interlinear XML Format: Signature amended to allow for lowercase utf. Submitted by Preservica with samples provided by the Endangered Language Archives.

  • V118

    Release date
    30 April 2024

    • Updated

      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.

  • V110

    Release date
    14 March 2023

    • Added format

      FLExText Interlinear XML Format: Full entry added. Submitted by Preservica.

    • Added signature

      FLExText Interlinear XML Format: Signature researched and samples provided by Preservica.