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Format

Notation Interchange File Format

Summary

Name
Notation Interchange File Format
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/vnd.music-niff
  • PUID: fmt/974
Format type
Audio
Description
Notation Interchange File Format (NIFF) is a music notation file format used primarily for transferring music notation between different scorewriters.
File extensions
nif
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

NIFF

Note
BOF: RIFX{4}NIFF C header file from format SDK: http://www.music-notation.info/niffsdk/niff.h

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
52494658{4}4E494646
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V88

    Release date
    27 September 2016

    Notation Interchange File Format: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    Notation Interchange File Format: Full entry added.