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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
Submitted by
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

Description
<?xpacket begin="(0xEFBBBF)" id="W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d"?>.<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/"
Provenance
http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/xmp/sdk/XMPspecification.pdf; 07/2024 (v.119)- Internal signature updated to allow for both double and single quotation marks. Submitted by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada - Federated Research Data Repository / Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada - Dépôt fédéré de données de recherche.

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

  • V119

    Release date
    8 July 2024
    • Updated

      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.

  • V89

    Release date
    8 March 2017
    • Updated

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

  • V69

    Release date
    19 July 2013
    • Added format

      Extensible Metadata Platform: Outline Entry Added.

    • Added signature

      Extensible Metadata Platform: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.