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Format

VCalendar format

Summary

Name
VCalendar format
Identifiers
  • PUID: fmt/387
  • MIME: text/x-vCalendar
Format type
Text (Structured)
Description
This is an outline record only, and requires further details, research or authentication to provide information that will enable users to further understand the format and to assess digital preservation risks associated with it if appropriate. If you are able to help by supplying any additional information concerning this entry, please return to the main PRONOM page and select ‘Add an Entry’.
Note
Specifications available at : http://www.imc.org/pdi/pdiproddev.html
File extensions
vcs
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

VCalendar format

Note
Header ASCII: BEGIN:VCALENDAR, followed at undefined point by VERSION:1.0 (version 1.0 signifies Vcalendar format, version 2.0 signifies Internet Calendaring and Scheduling format). Footer sequence ASCII: END:VCALENDAR

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
424547494E3A5643414C454E444152*56455253494F4E{0-2}3A312E30
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from EOF
Offset
0
Max offset
4
Byte Sequence
454E443A5643414C454E444152
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V55

    Release date
    4 January 2012

    VCalendar format: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    VCalendar format: Outline entry added.