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  "version": "1.x",
  "formatDescription": "ARW is a raw image format produced by some makes of Sony cameras. The format is based upon TIFF.",
  "releaseDate": null,
  "binaryFileFormat": "Text",
  "formatNote": null,
  "lastUpdatedDate": "28 Nov 2017",
  "formatProvenance": "v.120: Variable byte range in signature lengthened from 0-2048 to 0-6144 bytes.",
  "formatSourceDate": "27 Oct 2009",
  "formatDisclosure": null,
  "formatEnvironment": null,
  "formatRisk": null,
  "formatAliases": null,
  "formatTypes": "Image (Raster)",
  "formatFamilies": null,
  "identifiers": [
    {
      "identifierText": "fmt/191",
      "identifierType": "PUID"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "name": "Sony ARW 1.x",
      "note": "TIFF Header{0-512}\"SONY\"{0-2048} Maker Note data adjusted for endianness: Sony 'FileFormat' Exif tag 0xB000, 0x0001=byte, 0x00000004=four times, 0x01 = SR2 format, 02= ARW 1.x, 03= ARW 2.x. We can distinguish between minor versions if requested. Sony Maker Note tags described at https://sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/TagNames/Sony.html",
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        {
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        }
      ],
      "provenance": "Sony tags: https://sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/TagNames/Sony.html; EXIF IFD structure: http://www.exiv2.org/Exif2-2.PDF;  v.120- Variable byte range in signature lengthened from 0-2048 to 0-6144 bytes. Submitted by Brigham Young University."
    }
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    {
      "externalSignature": "arw",
      "signatureType": "File extension"
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    228
  ],
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