Visio

File Format
Name	Visio
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Diagramming and flowcharting Visio
Extension(s)	.vsd, .vss, .vst, .vdx, .vsx, .vtx, .vsdx, .vssx, .vstx, .vsdm, .vssm, .vstm, .vsw, .vsl
MIME Type(s)	application/vnd.visio
PRONOM	fmt/442, others
Released	1992

Visio is a vector-graphic diagramming program by Microsoft, part of some versions of their Office suite. It was formerly an independent program from Shapeware.

File versions

Proprietary binary

• VSD: Drawing
• VSS: Stencil
• VST: Template

DataDiagrammingML (XML)

Main article: DataDiagrammingML

• VDX: Drawing
• VSX: Stencil
• VTX: Template

OPC/XML

• VSDX: Drawing
• VSDM: Drawing, macro-enabled
• VSSX: Stencil
• VSSM: Stencil, macro-enabled
• VSTX: Template
• VSTM: Template, macro-enabled

Other

• VSW: Web drawing
• VSL: Add-on

Identifiers

Format	Version	Ext.	PRONOM
Microsoft Visio		.vsd	fmt/442
Microsoft Visio Drawing	5.0	.vsd	x-fmt/113
Microsoft Visio Drawing	2000	.vsd	x-fmt/258
Microsoft Visio Drawing	2002	.vsd	x-fmt/259
Microsoft Visio Drawing	2003-2010	.vsd	fmt/443
Microsoft Visio XML Drawing	2003-2010	.vdx	fmt/216
Microsoft Visio Drawing	2013	.vsdx	fmt/924
Microsoft Visio Macro-Enabled Drawing	2013	.vsdm	fmt/927
Microsoft Visio Template	2013	.vstx	fmt/926
Microsoft Visio Macro-Enabled Template	2013	.vstm	fmt/929
Microsoft Visio Stencil	2013	.vssx	fmt/925
Microsoft Visio Macro-Enabled Stencil	2013	.vssm	fmt/928

Related formats

• DataDiagrammingML

Sample files

• Sample VSD file (2007)
• Sample VSS file (2007)
• Sample VST file (2007)
• Sample VSD file (2002)
• Sample VSS file (2002)
• Sample VST file (2002)
• Sample VDX file (2007)
• Sample VDX file (2007)
• Sample VTX file (2007)

Software

• Visio (official site)
• Visio viewer for MSIE
• libvisio: Library to import Visio files

Other links

• Wikipedia article