AFCP
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| − | '''AFCP''' (AXS File Concatenation Protocol) is a metadata format for image files. Its main uses are embedding [[IPTC]] data, and thumbnail images. It's not clear what ''AXS'' refers to. | + | '''AFCP''' (AXS File Concatenation Protocol) is a metadata format for image files. Its main uses are embedding [[IPTC-IIM]] data, and thumbnail images. It's not clear what ''AXS'' refers to. |
| − | It is designed to be used as a "trailer" that can be appended to a number of different file formats. It could potentially be used in other ways, and even has [[TIFF]] tag 34152 assigned to it. But it is not a self-contained format (it contains pointers relative to the beginning of the ''file''), so such use would be | + | It is designed to be used as a "trailer" that can be appended to a number of different file formats. It could potentially be used in other ways, and even has [[TIFF]] tag 34152 assigned to it. But it is not a ''self-contained'' format (it contains pointers relative to the beginning of the ''file''), so such use would be problematic. |
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Revision as of 14:41, 17 November 2019
AFCP (AXS File Concatenation Protocol) is a metadata format for image files. Its main uses are embedding IPTC-IIM data, and thumbnail images. It's not clear what AXS refers to.
It is designed to be used as a "trailer" that can be appended to a number of different file formats. It could potentially be used in other ways, and even has TIFF tag 34152 assigned to it. But it is not a self-contained format (it contains pointers relative to the beginning of the file), so such use would be problematic.
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Identification
In most cases, the signature "ASX!" or "ASX*" appears beginning 12 bytes from the end of the file.
Specifications
- AXS File Concatenation Protocol
- Another copy, from archive.org
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