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Format

Verity Collection Stop List

Summary

Name
Verity Collection Stop List
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/453
Description
A Verity collection is the fundamental structure underlying the search capabilities of Verity applications. A collection consists of information about a particular set of documents that are available for searching and viewing. The specific information stored for a collection includes a word index and various other indexes, plus a document table containing document field information and logical pointers to the document files. The Verity Collection Stop List file contains a list of words that are to be excluded from a collection’s full-word index.
File extensions
stp
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

Verity Collection Stop List

Note
BOF 10 bytes: acdekkms.. EOF 2 bytes: ..

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
616364656B6B6D730D0A
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from EOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
0D0A
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V115

    Release date
    15 November 2023

    Verity Collection Stop List: Modified the offset values from null to 0 as part of a project to match PRONOM data with the xsd standard. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK) (UK).

  • Updated in V85

    Release date
    29 June 2016

    Verity Collection Stop List: Added description at suggestion of National Records of Scotland.

  • Added in V62

    Release date
    28 August 2012

    Verity Collection Stop List: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    Verity Collection Stop List: Outline Entry Added.