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Format

Feather

Summary

Name
Feather
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/889
Format type
Dataset
Description
Feather is a lightweight binary file format for storing data frames, with an aim to assist data sharing across data analysis languages.
File extensions
feather
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

Feather

Note
BOF: FEA1 EOF: FEA1 https://github.com/wesm/feather/blob/master/doc/FORMAT.md

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
46454131
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from EOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
46454131
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V85

    Release date
    29 June 2016

    Feather: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    Feather: Full entry added.