Format
MATLAB Mat File
Summary
- Name
- MATLAB Mat File
- Version
- Level 7.3
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/828
- Format type
- Dataset
- Description
- A Mat-file stores data in binary form. You can read and write Mat-files using MATLAB. Level 7.3 MAT-file formats were introduced in 2006 and use an HDF5 based format.
- File extensions
-
mat,fig - Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Relationships
- Has priority over
- Is subsequent version of
Internal signatures
MATLAB Mat file 7.3
- Note
- MATLAB 7.3{114}(..MI|..IM)
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
4D41544C414220372E33{114}(0002494D|02004D49)- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Updated in V100
- Release date
- 16 December 2021
MATLAB Mat file (Level 7.3): 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.
-
Added in V84
- Release date
- 21 January 2016
MAT-file format 7.3: Signature submitted by ETH-Bibliothek, ETH Zurich.
MAT-file format 7.3: Full entry added. Submitted by ETH-Bibliothek, ETH Zurich.