Format

NIB File Format

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Summary

Name: NIB File Format
Identifiers: PUID: fmt/983
Format type: Text (Mark-up)
Description: The NIB file format is used by Interface Builder, a software development application for Apple's Mac OS X operating system. The NIB objects are stored as an XML property list, they are unpackaged upon running an application.
File extensions: nib
Submitted by: Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

NIB File Format

Description: BOF: <?xml version=("|')1.0("|'){8-256}<plist version="1.0"> EOF: IBSystem Version

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length: Absolute from BOF
Offset: 0
Max offset: 0
Byte Sequence: 3C3F786D6C2076657273696F6E3D(22|27)312E30(22|27){8-256}3C706C6973742076657273696F6E3D22312E30223E
Endianness: None

Min Frag Length: Absolute from EOF
Offset: 8
Max offset: 256
Byte Sequence: 494253797374656D2056657273696F6E
Endianness: None

Changelog

V89

Release date

8 March 2017
- Added format
  
  NIB File Format: Full entry added.
- Added signature
  
  NIB File Format: Binary signature developed through PRONOM Research.