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Format

Internet Archive

Summary

Name
Internet Archive
Version
1.1
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/410
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’.
File extensions
arc
Submitted by
Georgia Tech Research Institute / Georgia Tech Research Institute

Relationships

Has priority over
Is subsequent version of

Internal signatures

Internet Archive 1.1

Description
Version block at beginning of file starts with string “filedesc://” followed by a path and filename<sp>. Followed by <ip address>, <date> and “text/plain”<sp> followed by <length><nl> 1<sp>1<sp> followed by “URL IP-address Archive-date Content-type Archive-length”
Provenance
Mike Burner and Brewster Kahle. Arc File Format, Version 1.0. September 15, 1996, Internet Archive www.archive.org/web/researcher/ArcFileFormat.php

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
66696C65646573633A2F2F{1-132}20{1-3}2E{1-3}2E{1-3}2E{1-3}20{14}20746578742F706C61696E20{1-16}0A31203120*0A55524C2049502D6164647265737320417263686976652D6461746520436F6E74656E742D7479706520417263686976652D6C656E677468
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V66

    Release date
    18 December 2012
    • Updated

      Internet Archive 1.1: Improved signature with assistance from National Library of New Zealand.

  • V58

    Release date
    21 March 2012
    • Added format

      Internet Archive 1.1: Submission from Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA. Outline entry added.

    • Added signature

      Internet Archive 1.1: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.