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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.
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
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

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Internal signatures

EndNote Library No. 1, versions 1-9

Note
A rudimentary signature, based on the relative position of certain bytes found to be present in all examples of EndNote Library files tested.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
(01|03){2}[00:0F]{4}FE{0-1}3F{1}00{1}00{1}00
Endianness
None

EndNote Library No. 2, versions 1-9

Note
A rudimentary signature, based on the relative position of certain bytes found to be present in all examples of EndNote Library files tested.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
(01|03){2}[00:0F]{4}FF{0-1}3F{1}00{1}00{1}00
Endianness
None

EndNote Library No. 3, versions 1-9

Note
A rudimentary signature, based on the relative position of certain bytes found to be present in all examples of EndNote Library files tested.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
0000{2}00{7}0000{2}0000{2}0002{8}202040404020000040404040
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V105

    Release date
    29 June 2022

    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.

  • Added in V47

    Release date
    15 February 2011

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

  • Added in V46

    Release date
    8 February 2011

    EndNote Library: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

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