Format
GEM Metafile Format
Summary
- Name
- GEM Metafile Format
- Version
- 3.10
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/543
- 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
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Relationships
- Is subsequent version of
Internal signatures
GEM metafile 3.10 little endian
- Note
- Magic number FFFF; length = 0x18; version 310 decimal =hex 3601; 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
FFFF18003601(02|00)00- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Added in V69
- Release date
- 19 July 2013
GEM Metafile Format 3.10: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.
GEM Metafile Format 3.10: Outline Entry Added.