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Format

ZOO Compressed Archive

Summary

Name
ZOO Compressed Archive
Identifiers
PUID: x-fmt/269
Format type
Aggregate
Description
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File extensions
zoo
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

ZOO Compressed Archive

Note
Fixed 4-byte string 20 bytes in from BOF, plus fixed 2-byte string at EOF.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
20
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
DCA7C4FD
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from EOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
FC83
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V58

    Release date
    21 March 2012

    ZOO Compressed Archive: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.