Format
Internet Data Query File
Summary
- Name
- Internet Data Query File
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/358
- Description
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- File extensions
-
idq - Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Internal signatures
Internet Data Query file
- Note
- The .idq file is divided into two sections, the names section and the query section. The names section is optional, but the query section is mandatory. The query section begins with a [Query] tag, and is followed by a set of parameters. The four mandatory parameters are "CiScope=/" "CiColumns=" "CiRestriction=" "CiTemplate=", which can appear in any order within the file after the [Query] tag
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 3424
- Byte Sequence
5B51756572795D*(43|63)69(53|73)636F70653D- Endianness
- None
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 3424
- Byte Sequence
5B51756572795D*(43|63)69(43|63)6F6C756D6E733D- Endianness
- None
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 3424
- Byte Sequence
5B51756572795D*(43|63)69(54|74)656D706C6174653D2F- Endianness
- None
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 3424
- Byte Sequence
5B51756572795D*(43|63)69(52|72)65737472696374696F6E3D{0-1}25- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Added in V51
- Release date
- 15 July 2011
Internet Data Query File: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.
Internet Data Query File: Outline entry added.