Format
AAE Sidecar Format
Summary
- Name
- AAE Sidecar Format
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/980
- Format type
- Text (Mark-up)
- Description
- The AAE sidecar format is a form of property list format. It has been reported as present in iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite for transferring non-destructive adjustments in photo editing between systems and apps. It is an XML based format. The .aae file accompanies the actual image which is in a .jpg file.
- File extensions
-
aae - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Relationships
- Has priority over
Internal signatures
AAE Sidecar Format
- Description
- BOF: <?xml version=("|')1.0("|'){8-256}<plist version="1.0">{8-1024}apple.PhotoLibraryServices
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
3C3F786D6C2076657273696F6E3D(22|27)312E30(22|27){8-256}3C706C6973742076657273696F6E3D22312E30223E{8-1024}6170706C652E50686F746F4C6962726172795365727669636573- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V89
- Release date
- 8 March 2017
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Added format
AAE Sidecar Format: Full entry added.
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Added signature
AAE sidecar format: Binary signature developed through PRONOM Research.