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==List of Places Keeping Track of Formats==
 
==List of Places Keeping Track of Formats==
  
* [http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Category:File_Formats Forensics Wiki]
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*[https://fileinfo.com/ FileInfo] - gives a vast catalog of file extensions, but the data they give is very minimal.
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*[https://filext.com/ FilExt] - ditto as FileInfo
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* [https://forensicswiki.xyz/wiki/index.php?title=Category:File_Formats Forensics Wiki]
 
* http://archivematica.org/preservation
 
* http://archivematica.org/preservation
 
* http://www.fileformat.info/
 
* http://www.fileformat.info/
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** Also [[wikipedia:Template:Infobox file format]] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AWhatLinksHere&limit=500&target=Template%3AInfobox+file+format&namespace=0 pages using this template])
 
** Also [[wikipedia:Template:Infobox file format]] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AWhatLinksHere&limit=500&target=Template%3AInfobox+file+format&namespace=0 pages using this template])
 
* http://unarchiver.c3.cx/formats
 
* http://unarchiver.c3.cx/formats
* [[Sources/PRONOM|The PRONOM format registry]].
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* [[PRONOM|The PRONOM format registry]]
 
* http://wiki.multimedia.cx/
 
* http://wiki.multimedia.cx/
 
* http://archive.org/download/file-format-encyclopedia/fileformat.zip/
 
* http://archive.org/download/file-format-encyclopedia/fileformat.zip/
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* [http://keep-totem.co.uk/ KEEP Totem] also covers software, hardware etc.
 
* [http://keep-totem.co.uk/ KEEP Totem] also covers software, hardware etc.
 
* [http://cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php/Main_Page Dead Media Archives]
 
* [http://cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php/Main_Page Dead Media Archives]
* [http://www.forensicinnovations.com/formats.html The >4000 formats known to FI Tools], [http://www.forensicinnovations.com/formats-ext1.html by extension], [http://www.forensicinnovations.com/formats-mime.html by MIME type]
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* [http://www.fid3.com/file-formats The >4000 formats known to FI Tools], [http://www.fid3.com/formats-ext1 by extension], [http://www.fid3.com/formats-mime by MIME type]
 
* [http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/2.7/Lib/mimetypes.py#l402 Python sourcecode for mimetypes module]
 
* [http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/2.7/Lib/mimetypes.py#l402 Python sourcecode for mimetypes module]
* /etc/mimetypes on *nix systems defines a number of file formats and [[mimetypes]]
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* /etc/mimetypes on *nix systems defines a number of file formats and [[MIME types]]
 
* http://www.iasa-web.org/tc04/key-digital-principles - Recommended Audio formats by Audiovisual Archives and Institutions
 
* http://www.iasa-web.org/tc04/key-digital-principles - Recommended Audio formats by Audiovisual Archives and Institutions
 
* http://www.gpsbabel.org/capabilities.html - List of formats used by GPS devices
 
* http://www.gpsbabel.org/capabilities.html - List of formats used by GPS devices
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* http://minidisc.org alot of minidisc related info
 
* http://minidisc.org alot of minidisc related info
 
* http://cool.conservation-us.org/ Conservation Online
 
* http://cool.conservation-us.org/ Conservation Online
* http://filext.com/ File Extensions with Mime types
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* http://filext.com/ File Extensions with MIME types
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_formats_(alphabetical) Wikipedia list of file formats (alphabetical)
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_formats_(alphabetical) Wikipedia list of file formats (alphabetical)
 
* http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~schepers/formats.html The C64 file formats list
 
* http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~schepers/formats.html The C64 file formats list
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* http://gitorious.org/msoscheme msoscheme is a project that creates a machine readable description of the binary file formats of Microsoft Office
 
* http://gitorious.org/msoscheme msoscheme is a project that creates a machine readable description of the binary file formats of Microsoft Office
 
* http://www.schnarff.com/file-formats/ File Formats documentation collection
 
* http://www.schnarff.com/file-formats/ File Formats documentation collection
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* http://the-fr.org/ The Format Registry
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* http://www.freebase.com/computer/file_format?instances= Freebase instances in category "File Format"
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* https://bitbucket.org/haypo/hachoir/src/default/hachoir-parser/hachoir_parser/ Hachoir file format parsers
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* https://bitbucket.org/haypo/hachoir/wiki/FileFormatResources Hachoir list of file format resources
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* https://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Category:File_Formats iPhone related file formats
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* https://www.synalysis.net/formats.xml Synalize It file format grammars
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* [http://www.binwalk.org Binwalk] — can recognise and extract data in many formats embeddded inside firmware images
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* http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe/fonts/X-Window-System-fonts.html - Good info about the Fonts on Windows X system
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* http://www.online-convert.com/file-type
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* https://melog.info/archives/2004/09/30223144.html - PC98 disk image formats (Japanese)
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* http://lclevy.free.fr/amiga/formats.html - Amiga file formats
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* http://hitmen.c02.at/files/yagcd/yagcd/ - contains Nintendo GameCube file formats
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* https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Category:File_formats - files related to the Nintendo Wii
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* http://wiki.tockdom.com/wiki/Category:File_Format - file formats related to the Mario Kart games
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* https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/File_Formats_Recovered_By_PhotoRec - File Format Signatures used in data recovery
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* [[Atari Forum Wiki]]
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* http://www.undocprint.org/ - Information on printing-related formats, languages, and protocols
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*[https://extension.nirsoft.net/] -  contains program data related to files.
  
 
==Emulation==
 
==Emulation==
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* [http://www.amazon.com/Compressed-Image-File-Formats-JPEG/dp/0201604434/ Compressed Image File Formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, XBM, BMP] by John Miano (1999)
 
* [http://www.amazon.com/Compressed-Image-File-Formats-JPEG/dp/0201604434/ Compressed Image File Formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, XBM, BMP] by John Miano (1999)
* [http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Graphics-File-Formats-Reference/dp/1565921615/ Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats: The Complete Reference on CD-ROM with Links to Internet Resources] by James D. Murray and William VanRyper (1st Edition: 1994; 2nd Edition: 1996) '''Copy Acquired!''' Text also online at [http://www.fileformat.info/resource/book/1565921615/index.htm FileFormat.Info] and http://netghost.narod.ru/gff/graphics/main.htm . Information from the book on individual formats can be found from FileFormat.Info's [http://www.fileformat.info/format/cloud.htm|File Format Cloud] or the format list at http://netghost.narod.ru/gff/graphics/formats.htm .
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* [http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Graphics-File-Formats-Reference/dp/1565921615/ Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats] by James D. Murray and William VanRyper (1994, 1996) '''Copy Acquired!''' Refer to the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats|main article]].
** The CD-ROM for the 1st Edition of the above book is located [http://archive.org/details/EncyclopediaOfGraphicsFileFormatsCompanionCd-rom here]. Files from the 2nd Edition are [http://examples.oreilly.com/9781565920583/ here] or [ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/examples/gff/ here].
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* [http://www.amazon.com/Graphics-File-Formats-David-Kay/dp/0070340250/ Graphics File Formats] by David C. Kay and John R. Levine (1994)
 
* [http://www.amazon.com/Graphics-File-Formats-David-Kay/dp/0070340250/ Graphics File Formats] by David C. Kay and John R. Levine (1994)
 
* [http://www.amazon.com/Graphics-File-Formats-Reference-Guide/dp/0133034054/ Graphics File Formats: Reference and Guide] by C. Wayne Brown, Barry J. Shepherd (1994)
 
* [http://www.amazon.com/Graphics-File-Formats-Reference-Guide/dp/0133034054/ Graphics File Formats: Reference and Guide] by C. Wayne Brown, Barry J. Shepherd (1994)
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* [http://www.amazon.com/Window-System-Formats-Application-Conventions/dp/1872630154/ X Window System File Formats and Application Conventions (X11R4)] by The Open Group (Jul 17, 1991)
 
* [http://www.amazon.com/Window-System-Formats-Application-Conventions/dp/1872630154/ X Window System File Formats and Application Conventions (X11R4)] by The Open Group (Jul 17, 1991)
 
* [http://www.iasa-web.org/audio-preservation-tc04 Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of Digital Audio Objects] by IASA (2009)
 
* [http://www.iasa-web.org/audio-preservation-tc04 Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of Digital Audio Objects] by IASA (2009)
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* Android Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Google Android - Andrew Hoog - contains info on the Android file structure and how to obtain data from a locked phone, usually of a dead person, or a poor guy who forgot his password.
  
 
==Other Useful Materials and Services==
 
==Other Useful Materials and Services==
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* http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/software/fido Format Identification for Digital Objects
 
* http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/software/fido Format Identification for Digital Objects
 
* https://github.com/usnationalarchives/File-Analyzer File Analyzer
 
* https://github.com/usnationalarchives/File-Analyzer File Analyzer
* http://sk1project.org/modules.php?name=products&product=uniconvertor UniConvertor is a universal vector graphics translator. It is a command line tool which uses sK1 object model to convert one format to another
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* https://sk1project.net/modules.php?name=Products&product=uniconvertor UniConvertor is a universal vector graphics translator. It is a command line tool which uses sK1 object model to convert one format to another
 
* http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/
 
* http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/
 
* http://wiki.opf-labs.org/display/SPR/Digital+Preservation+Tools Wiki list of digital preservation tool lists
 
* http://wiki.opf-labs.org/display/SPR/Digital+Preservation+Tools Wiki list of digital preservation tool lists
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* http://documentation.statsoft.com/STATISTICAHelp.aspx?path=common/CommonMenus/CompatibleDocumentTypes Some info on formats of / compatible with Statsoft Statistica
 
* http://documentation.statsoft.com/STATISTICAHelp.aspx?path=common/CommonMenus/CompatibleDocumentTypes Some info on formats of / compatible with Statsoft Statistica
 
* http://web-beta.archive.org/web/20100210224635/http://medlem.spray.se/converters Loads of DOS / Windows conversion programs - this appears to be the most recent grab held by the Internet Archive
 
* http://web-beta.archive.org/web/20100210224635/http://medlem.spray.se/converters Loads of DOS / Windows conversion programs - this appears to be the most recent grab held by the Internet Archive
* http://code.google.com/p/ksfl/ Project to read/write various container formats
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* https://github.com/kreativekorp/ksfl Project to read/write various container formats
 
* http://www.kreativekorp.com/swdownload/wildfire/HC%20FILE%20FORMAT%202010.TXT Description of the [[HyperCard stack]] file format
 
* http://www.kreativekorp.com/swdownload/wildfire/HC%20FILE%20FORMAT%202010.TXT Description of the [[HyperCard stack]] file format
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* [http://mediaarchaeologylab.com/ Media Archeology Lab]
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* [https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_dec Bitsavers document library of DEC manuals]
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* [http://www.documentliberation.org/ Document Liberation Project]
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* [http://qanda.digipres.org/80/unusual-sources-of-file-format-signatures Unusual sources of file format signatures]
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* [http://www.deadmedia.org/ The Dead Media Project]
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* [http://archives.govt.nz/advice/guidance-and-standards/guidance-subject/digital-recordkeeping/advice-file-formats-creation-di Advice on File Formats for the Creation of Digital Records] (Archives New Zealand)
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* [http://www.avpreserve.com/papers-and-presentations/an-introduction-to-using-the-command-line-interface-to-work-with-files-and-directories/ An introduction to using the command line interface to work with files and directories]
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* [http://www.digipres.org/ DigiPres Commons Community-owned digital preservation resources]
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* [http://www.digipres.org/tools/ POWRR Tool Grid]
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* [http://ec2-52-37-126-112.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/falstaff/ Falstaff: online file identification utility]
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* [http://access.bitcurator.net/index.php?title=Main_Page BitCurator access tools]
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* [http://www.documentliberation.org/projects/ Document Liberation Project projects]
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* [https://mediaarea.net/ollistd Open LossLess in STanDards] ([https://github.com/mediaarea/ollistd GitHub])
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* http://www.manmrk.net/tutorials/compress/index.htm A large collection of 1990s compression software
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Revision as of 19:38, 16 November 2021

If you're looking for places to pull either file format information, or to verify stuff you've found, or to go that extra mile to track down variations, here's some similar endeavors and items.

List of Places Keeping Track of Formats

  • FileInfo - gives a vast catalog of file extensions, but the data they give is very minimal.

Emulation

  • http://nonmess.retrogames.com/ - Emulator listing for various computer formats, including MESS and single-machine emulators.
  • The Emulation Framework is software developed by the international KEEP project, co-funded by the European Union's 7th Framework Programme.

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