Format
OpenDocument Database Format
Summary
- Name
- OpenDocument Database Format
- Version
- 1.2
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/424
- Format type
- Database
- Description
- OpenDocument (ODF) format is a generic format for office documents, such as text, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, and databases. It was developed by OASIS, based on the original OpenOffice document format. The format is an open standard, and is supported by a variety of office software packages. ODF is an XML format, which may comprise a single XML document, or a collection of subdocuments within a package. The package format is the commonly used form, and comprises a standard ZIP package containing the XML content and any associated binary data, together with a manifest which lists the package content. An ODF database document contains a relational database. The content is contained in a 'content' xml subdocument. Additional subdocuments contain style information, document metadata, and application-specific settings.
- File extensions
-
odb - Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Relationships
- Has priority over
- Is subtype of
Container signatures
Type: ZIP
9020 - Open Document Database 1.2
- File path
- META-INF/manifest.xml
Byte sequence reference
BOFoffset
Sub sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Position
- 1
- Sub sequence min offset
- 0
- Sub sequence max offset
- 1024
- Sequence
'manifest:media-type="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.base'
- File path
- content.xml
Byte sequence reference
BOFoffset
Sub sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Position
- 1
- Sub sequence min offset
- 0
- Sub sequence max offset
- 128
- Sequence
'office:document-content'
- Min Frag Length
- Position
- 2
- Sub sequence min offset
- 0
- Sub sequence max offset
- Sequence
'office:version=' (22|27) '1.2' (22|27)
Changelog
-
Updated in V108
- Release date
- 5 September 2022
OpenDocument Database 1.2: Minor container signature syntax adjustment to align with official PRONOM syntax. Submitted by Preservica.
-
Updated in V61
- Release date
- 6 July 2012
OpenDocument Database 1.2: Priority information added to avoid potential misidentification with OpenDocument Database 1.1.
-
Added in V60
- Release date
- 11 June 2012
Open Document Database 1.2: Partial entry added.