Format
GEM Metafile Format
Summary
- Name
- GEM Metafile Format
- Version
- 1.01
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/542
- Format type
- Image (Vector)
- Description
- This is an outline record only, and requires further details, research or authentication to provide information that will enable users to further understand the format and to assess digital preservation risks associated with it if appropriate. If you are able to help by supplying any additional information concerning this entry, please return to the main PRONOM page and select ‘Add an Entry’.
- File extensions
-
gem - Source
- Georgia Tech Research Institute / Georgia Tech Research Institute
Relationships
- Is previous version of
- Is subsequent version of
Internal signatures
GEM metafile 1.01 big endian
- Note
- Magic number FFFF; length = 0x18 or 0x0E; version 101 decimal =hex 65; coordinate system either 0 (Normalized Device Coordinates) or 2 (Raster Coordinates)
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
FFFF00(18|0E)006500(02|00)- Endianness
- None
GEM metafile 1.01 little endian
- Note
- Magic number FFFF; length = 0x18 or 0x0E; version 101 decimal =hex 65; coordinate system either 0 (Normalized Device Coordinates) or 2 (Raster Coordinates)
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
FFFF(18|0E)006500(02|00)00- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Added in V69
- Release date
- 19 July 2013
GEM Metafile Format 1.01: Signature provided by Georgia Technology Research Institute.
GEM Metafile Format 1.01: Outline Entry Submitted by Georgia Technology Research Institute.