Format

EndNote Library

Summary

Name

EndNote Library

Version

1-9

Identifiers

PUID: fmt/325

Format type

Text (Structured)

Description

EndNote Library file format is generated and used via EndNote reference management software application. A software intended for the management of bibliographies and references when producing academic text or reports. Endnote software was first launched in 1989 by Niles & Associates, then in 2000 was acquired by Institute for Scientific Information’s Research Soft Division, and since 2016 owned by Clarivate. The EndNote Library file format stores the references and citations in so called 'libraries' used with the software. Users of EndNote application can create their own EndNote Library files, as well as upload EndNote Library files onto their software. The latter versions of this format, starting from version 8, include .data folder to accompany the EndNote Library format. The .data folder is automatically created by EndNote, intended to store attachments. Following this update, the .data folder is recommended to be present in the EndNote Library file structure in order to use the EndNote Library format with the EndNote software. This entry describes earliest versions of the application, from the first version up to and including version 9. Following versions started named as X and were sequential to version X9, then following versions were named as version 20. Subsequent X versions altered their file format structure to ZIP based container and are included in separate PRONOM entry. Please see the full version history using the Web Archive Wikipedia entry link included in the Notes section.

Format encoding

Text

Note

https://web.archive.org/web/20220501102310/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EndNote https://web.archive.org/web/20130319092646/http://endnote.com/support/helpdocs/ENX-GettingStartedGuide.pdf http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/EndNote_Library

File extensions

enl

Submitted by

Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Is previous version of

• EndNote Library X - X9
• EndNote Compressed Library X - X9

Internal signatures

Changelog

• V105

  Release date

  29 June 2022

  • Updated

    EndNote Library v1-9: Updated description, version number and added priorities. Changed signature names to include version name. Submitted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

• V47

  Release date

  15 February 2011

  • Added signature

    EndNote Library: Signature modified following DROID 6.0 bug fix to work across all DROID versions correctly.

• V46

  Release date

  8 February 2011

  • Added format

    EndNote Library: Outline entry added. Ongoing DROID research work following request from Bibliotheque Nationale de France / European Archives.

  • Added signature

    EndNote Library: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.