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Format

Adobe Illustrator

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Summary

Name
Adobe Illustrator
Version
Japan
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/postscript
  • Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.adobe.illustrator-image
  • PUID: fmt/421
Format type
Image (Vector)
Description
The documents (files) created by Adobe Illustrator are PostScript language documents. A PostScript language document description that minimally conforms to the Document Structuring Conventions has two main parts: a prolog and a script. The prolog encapsulates information needed by other programs to interpret the file. The script describes the graphic elements on the page.
File extensions
ai
Source
The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration

Changelog

  • Updated in V89

    Release date
    8 March 2017

    Adobe Illustrator Japan: Added mimetype - application/postscript

  • Added in V69

    Release date
    19 July 2013

    Adobe Illustrator 6.0: Signature provided by Georgia Technology Research Institute.

  • Added in V60

    Release date
    11 June 2012

    Adobe Illustrator Japan: Description information submitted by the National Archives and Records Administration. Partial entry added.