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Format

Extensible Metadata Platform Packet

Summary

Name
Extensible Metadata Platform Packet
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/570
Format type
Text (Mark-up)
Description
The Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) is an ISO standard, originally created by Adobe Systems Inc., for the creation, processing and interchange of standardized and custom metadata for all kinds of resources.
File extensions
xmp
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Developed by
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Supported by
Adobe Systems Incorporated

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

Extensible Metadata Platform Packet

Note
<?xpacket begin="(0xEFBBBF)" id="W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d"?>.<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/"

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
3C3F787061636B657420626567696E3D(22|27)EFBBBF(22|27)2069643D(22|27)57354D304D7043656869487A7265537A4E54637A6B633964(22|27)3F3E0A3C783A786D706D65746120786D6C6E733A783D(22|27)61646F62653A6E733A6D6574612F(22|27)
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V119

    Release date
    8 July 2024

    Extensible Metadata Platform Packet: Internal signature updated to allow for both double and single quotation marks. Submitted by Digital Research Alliance of Canada - Federated Research Data Repository / Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada - Dépôt fédéré de données de recherche.

  • Updated in V89

    Release date
    8 March 2017

    Extensible Metadata Platform Packet: Added priority over fmt/986 - Extensible Metadata Platform Format.

  • Added in V69

    Release date
    19 July 2013

    Extensible Metadata Platform: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    Extensible Metadata Platform: Outline Entry Added.