Format
Weaving Information File (WIF)
Summary
- Name
- Weaving Information File (WIF)
- Version
- 1.1
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/2072
- Format type
- Text (Structured)
- Description
- The Weaving Information File (WIF) format is a weaving information interchange format that is supported by most major weaving software packages. WIF allows users to share weaving designs between different weaving software programs and is human readable with a text editor. It is based on the Microsoft Windows .ini file format. WIF was collaboratively developed by a group of programmers of major software packages available to handweavers, including Patternland Weave Simulator, Fiberworks PCW, Swiftweave, WeaveIt, WeaveMake, Proweave and WeavePoint.
- Note
- http://www.mhsoft.com/wif/wif.html
- File extensions
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wif - Submitted by
- The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration
Internal signatures
Weaving Information File
- Description
- BOF; Offset: 0; Magic Bytes '[WIF]' followed by carriage return 0x0D0A followed by 'Version=1.1'
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
5B5749465D0D0A56657273696F6E3D312E31- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V122
- Release date
- 19 January 2026
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Added format
Weaving Information FIle (WIF): Full entry added. Submitted by The National Archives and Records Administration.
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Added signature
Weaving Information FIle (WIF): Signature researched and samples provided by The National Archives and Records Administration.