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Format

IMF Package Packing List

Summary

Name
IMF Package Packing List
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1998
Format type
Text (Mark-up)
Description
The Interoperable Master Format (IMF) is a file-based media format, and an IMF Package is a collection of media files with accompanying XML data describing the IMF Package structure. The Packing List (PKL) is an XML file that provides a manifest of general information about the files within an IMP, including file sizes and hash values. A PKL file should be found alongside the other IMP component files described within the file.
Note
http://www.smpte-ra.org
File extensions
xml
Submitted by
Preservica / Preservica
Developed by
SMPTE / Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
Supported by
SMPTE / Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

IMF Package Packing List

Description
XML declaration, followed by <PackingList opening tag, shortly followed by a reference to http://www.smpte-ra.org, included here to avoid any incidental clashes with non-IMF formats using similar tags. Note that this signature doesn’t currently utilize any specific XML Namespace element for PKL, although this could be included if there is a requirement to distinguish between different schema compliance.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
3C3F786D6C2076657273696F6E3D(22|27)312E30(22|27){1-1024}3C5061636B696E674C697374{5-1024}687474703A2F2F7777772E736D7074652D72612E6F7267
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V118

    Release date
    30 April 2024
    • Added format

      IMF Package Packing List: Full entry added. Submitted by Preservica.

    • Added signature

      IMF Package Packing List: Signature researched and samples provided by Preservica.