Format
MATLAB Mat File
Summary
- Name
- MATLAB Mat File
- Version
- Level 5
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/806
- Description
- A Mat-file stores data in binary form. You can read and write Mat-files using MATLAB. Level 5 MAT-file formats are compatible with MATLAB version 5 and upwards.
- File extensions
-
mat,fig - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Relationships
- Has priority over
- Is previous version of
- Is subsequent version of
Internal signatures
MATLAB Mat file 5
- Description
- MATLAB 5.0{114}(..MI|..IM)
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
4D41544C414220352E30{114}(0001494D|01004D49)- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V100
- Release date
- 16 December 2021
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Updated
MATLAB Mat file (Level 5): Standardised the name and version formatting of all mat files, at the request of one of our users. Submitted by The National Library of Australia.
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V84
- Release date
- 21 January 2016
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Updated
Level 5 MAT-file format (MATLAB): Added further extension submitted by ETH-Bibliothek, ETH Zurich.
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V83
- Release date
- 17 December 2015
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Added format
Level 5 MAT-file format (MATLAB): Full entry added.
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Added signature
Level 5 MAT-file format (MATLAB): Signature developed through PRONOM Research.