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Format

vCard

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Summary

Name
vCard
Version
2.1
Identifiers
  • PUID: fmt/1879
  • MIME: text/vcard
Description
vCard is a file format standard for electronic business cards, although much less frequently used at the time of writing. vCards are often attached to e-mail messages, but can be exchanged in other ways, such as on the internet or instant messaging.
Note
Specification: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6350
File extensions
vcf, vcard
Source
National Archives of Australia / National Archives of Australia
Developed by
World Wide Web Consortium
Supported by
World Wide Web Consortium

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

vCard v.2.1

Note
Absolute from beginning of file, magic bytes: (BEGIN:VCARD|begin:vcard).*(VERSION|version):2.1 EOF, offset 0-4: (END:VCARD|end:vcard)

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
424547494E3A5643415244*0A56455253494F4E3A322E31
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from EOF
Offset
0
Max offset
4
Byte Sequence
454E443A5643415244
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V114

    Release date
    22 August 2023

    vCard 2.1: Signature researched and samples provided by The National Library of Australia.

    vCard 2.1: Full entry added. Submitted by The National Library of Australia.