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Format

Siegfried Signature File

Summary

Name
Siegfried Signature File
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/883
Format type
Dataset
Description
The Siegfried signature file is used by Siegfried, a file format identification tool created by Richard Lehane that uses PRONOM, and freedesktop.org's MIME-info file format signatures.
File extensions
sig
Submitted by
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

Siegfried Signature File

Description
73 66 00 FF - BOF: 736600FF
Provenance
Signature developed through PRONOM research.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
736600FF
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V85

    Release date
    29 June 2016
    • Added format

      Siegfried Signature File: Full entry added.

    • Added signature

      Siegfried Signature File: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.