Format
Stata Data (DTA) Format
Summary
- Name
- Stata Data (DTA) Format
- Version
- 105
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/1030
- Format type
- Dataset
- Description
- Stata is a research data analysis and statistical software package. The DTA format contains the Stata dataset. Please contact the PRONOM team if you can provide further information about this format.
- File extensions
-
dta - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Internal signatures
Stata DTA 105
- Description
- This signature is based on observation from a range of samples and inference from a later specification for Stata DTA 113. This signature could be improved with a better understanding of the formal specification. 'I' 0x(01|02)=(big|little) endianness filetype (0x01) 0x00 at 60th byte (0x3B)
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
69(01|02)01{56}00- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V90
- Release date
- 30 March 2017
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Added format
Stata Data (DTA) Format 105: Full entry added. Requested by Filling the Digital Preservation Gap - University of York and University of Hull.
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Added signature
Stata Data (DTA) Format 105: Signature developed through PRONOM Research. Requested by Filling the Digital Preservation Gap - University of York and University of Hull.