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Format

Portable Form File

Summary

Name
Portable Form File
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/322
Format type
Presentation
Description
This is an outline record only, and requires further details, research or authentication to provide information that will enable users to further understand the format and to assess digital preservation risks associated with it if appropriate. If you are able to help by supplying any additional information concerning this entry, please return to the main PRONOM page and select ‘Add an Entry’.
Format encoding
Text
File extensions
pff
Submitted by
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

Portable Form File

Description
ASCII: PFF
Provenance
Ongoing DROID research

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
5046460007020006
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V46

    Release date
    8 February 2011
    • Added format

      Portable Form File: Outline entry added.

    • Added signature

      Portable Form File: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.