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Format

Adobe Content Server Message File

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Summary

Name
Adobe Content Server Message File
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/vnd.adobe.adept+xml
  • PUID: fmt/871
Format type
Text (Mark-up)
Description
Adobe Content Server Message files are used to manage and download digital content, mostly ebooks, via Adobe Digital Editions. The .acsm file is essentially a 'key' to allow the download of purchased content.
File extensions
acsm
Submitted by
British Library / British Library
Developed by
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Supported by
Adobe Systems Incorporated

Internal signatures

Adobe Content Server Message

Description
We're seeking a sequence of Mark Up tags: <fulfillmentToken fulfillmentType {5-64} xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/adept" {3-64} <distributor {3-128} <operatorURL {3-128} <transaction {3-64} <expiration {3-64} <resourceItemInfo {3-512} <metadata {16-2048} <licenseToken

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
3C66756C66696C6C6D656E74546F6B656E2066756C66696C6C6D656E7454797065{5-64}786D6C6E733D22687474703A2F2F6E732E61646F62652E636F6D2F616465707422{3-64}3C6469737472696275746F72{3-128}3C6F70657261746F7255524C{3-64}3C7472616E73616374696F6E{3-64}3C65787069726174696F6E{3-512}3C6D65746164617461{16-2048}3C6C6963656E7365546F6B656E
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V84

    Release date
    21 January 2016

    • Added format

      Adobe Content Server Message File: Full entry added. Submitted by British Library.

    • Added signature

      Adobe Content Server Message File: Signature developed through PRONOM Research. Submitted by British Library.