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Verity Collection Document Index Descriptor Style Set

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Summary

Name
Verity Collection Document Index Descriptor Style Set
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/458
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.
File extensions
did
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

Verity Collection Document Index Descriptor Style Set

Note
BOF: # style.did.1.3 - 1/11/94..# @(#) EOF: }..}..

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
23207374796C652E64696409312E33202D20312F31312F39340D0A232040282329
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from EOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
7D0D0A7D0D0A
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V85

    Release date
    29 June 2016

    Verity Collection Document Index Descriptor Style Set: Added description at suggestion of National Records of Scotland.

  • Added in V62

    Release date
    28 August 2012

    Verity Collection Document Index Descriptor: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    Verity Collection Document Index Descriptor Style Set: Outline Entry Added.