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Format

Apple Safari Webarchive

Summary

Name
Apple Safari Webarchive
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/866
Format type
Aggregate
Description
These files may be produced by saving a web page in various versions of Apple's Safari Web Browser. The file is a type of Binary Property List (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property_list) and will contain the html content of the page, plus any page attachments. With further research and a better understanding of the format it may be possible to create a PRONOM identification signature, based on the 'bplist' magic number and further identifiers specific to the Apple Safari Webarchive format.
File extensions
webarchive
Submitted by
National Library of New Zealand / National Library of New Zealand
Developed by
Apple Computer, Inc.
Supported by
Apple Computer, Inc.

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

Apple Safari Webarchive

Description
BOF:'bplist'{6-500}'WebMainResource'.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
62706C6973743030{6-500}5765624D61696E5265736F75726365
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V96

    Release date
    21 January 2020
    • Added signature

      Apple Safari Webarchive: Signature developed and samples provided by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as part of PRONOM Research Week 2019.

    • Updated

      Apple Safari Webarchive: Description updated to reflect new signature and signature added submitted by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as part of PRONOM Research Week 2019.

  • V84

    Release date
    21 January 2016
    • Added format

      Apple Safari Webarchive: Full entry added. Submitted by National Library of New Zealand.