Format

Extensible Music Format

Summary

Name: Extensible Music Format
Identifiers: PUID: fmt/714
Format type: Audio
Description: Extensible Music Format (XMF) is a tree-based digital container format used to bundle music-oriented content, such as a MIDI file and optionally the sounds it uses, liner notes or other content grouped by language-codes.
File extensions: xmf, mxmf
Source: Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has lower priority than

Mobile eXtensible Music Format

Internal signatures

XMF

Note: BOF: XMF_ At this time the XMF signature does not distinguish between different XMF subtypes, with the exception of Mobile XMF.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length: Absolute from BOF
Offset: 0
Max offset: 0
Byte Sequence: 584D465F
Endianness: None

Changelog

Updated in V88

Release date

27 September 2016

eXtensible Music Format: Amended signature description.
Added in V81

Release date

18 February 2015

Extensible Music Format: New signature developed through PRONOM Research.

Extensible Music Format: Full entry added.