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Format

Verity Collection Partition Definition Descriptor Style Set

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Summary

Name
Verity Collection Partition Definition Descriptor Style Set
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/460
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 Partition Definition Descriptor Style Set contains parameters for configuring and managing the collection’s partitions.
File extensions
pdd
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

Verity Collection Partition Definition Descriptor Style Set

Note
BOF: # fashion.pdd - written by mkprtind - Sat Dec 07 00:12:02 1991.. EOF: }..}..

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
232066617368696F6E2E706464202D207772697474656E206279206D6B707274696E64202D20536174204465632030372030303A31323A303220313939310D0A
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 Partition Definition Descriptor Style Set: Added description at suggestion of National Records of Scotland.

  • Added in V62

    Release date
    28 August 2012

    Verity Collection Partition Definition Descriptor: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    Verity Collection Partition Definition Descriptor Style Set: Outline Entry Added.