EBML

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−	[[EBML]] (Extensible Binary Meta Language) is a binary metaformat, with some logical similarities to [[XML]]. It was originally designed as part of the [[Matroska]] multimedia container format.	+	[[EBML]] (Extensible Binary Meta Language) is a binary metaformat, similar in scope to [[ISO Base Media File Format|BMFF]] or [[RIFF]]. It was designed as part of the [[Matroska]] multimedia container format.
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		+	== Related formats ==
		+	* [[Matroska]]
		+	* [[WebM]]
		+	* [[EBML Schema]]
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		+	== Identification ==
		+	An EBML file begins with bytes {{magic|0x1a 0x45 0xdf 0xa3}}, representing the encoded ID number of the "EBML" element.
	== Specifications ==		== Specifications ==
		+	* RFC 8794
	* [http://www.matroska.org/technical/specs/index.html Matroska Specifications]		* [http://www.matroska.org/technical/specs/index.html Matroska Specifications]
	* [https://github.com/Matroska-Org/ebml-specification/blob/master/specification.markdown EBML spec]		* [https://github.com/Matroska-Org/ebml-specification/blob/master/specification.markdown EBML spec]
	* [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-lhomme-cellar-ebml/?include_text=1 Proposed Internet draft, 2016-07-06]		* [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-lhomme-cellar-ebml/?include_text=1 Proposed Internet draft, 2016-07-06]
		+	* [https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-cellar-ebml-06 Proposed Internet draft, 2018-08-28]
		+	* [https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-cellar-ebml-13.html Proposed Internet draft, 2019-10-22]
	== Links ==		== Links ==
	* [https://github.com/Matroska-Org/ebml-specification EBML Github]		* [https://github.com/Matroska-Org/ebml-specification EBML Github]
	* [http://matroska-org.github.io/libebml/ libEBML]		* [http://matroska-org.github.io/libebml/ libEBML]

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File Format
Name	EBML
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Metaformats EBML
LoCFDD	fdd000516
Wikidata ID	Q1273936

EBML (Extensible Binary Meta Language) is a binary metaformat, similar in scope to BMFF or RIFF. It was designed as part of the Matroska multimedia container format.

Contents 1 Related formats 2 Identification 3 Specifications 4 Links

[edit] Related formats

• Matroska
• WebM
• EBML Schema

[edit] Identification

An EBML file begins with bytes 0x1a 0x45 0xdf 0xa3, representing the encoded ID number of the "EBML" element.

[edit] Specifications

• RFC 8794
• Matroska Specifications
• EBML spec
• Proposed Internet draft, 2016-07-06
• Proposed Internet draft, 2018-08-28
• Proposed Internet draft, 2019-10-22

[edit] Links

• EBML Github
• libEBML