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== Description ==

'''Notation Interchange File Format''' ('''NIFF''') is a binary file format for storage and transfer of musical notation, based on [[RIFF]] or [[RIFX]]. It was designed as part of a collaborative effort by a number of music software companies with the aim of creating a universal file format for musical notation.

While the NIFF format is still supported by a number of software packages, official development of the format has ceased and it is generally considered to be obsolete.

There are / were two separate proposals for an XML-based NIFF format - [http://niffty.sourceforge.net/xml/index.html NIFF XML] and [http://www.music-notation.info/en/niffml/niffml.html NIFFML]

== Information ==

* [http://neume.sourceforge.net/niff/ NIFF 6a.3 format specification] (1998-10-15)
* [http://www.music-notation.info/niffsdk/NIFF6b.html NIFF 6b format specification] (2002-06-11)
* [http://niffty.sourceforge.net/xml/index.html NIFF XML Proposal], including schema and sample file
* [http://www.music-notation.info/en/niffml/niffml.html NIFFML - the XML representation of NIFF]

== Software ==

* [http://niffty.sourceforge.net/ NIFFTY] - a Java applet for displaying NIFF files on the web
* [http://www.visiv.co.uk/niff.htm NIFF to text converter] - includes source code in [[C]]

== Sample files ==
* [http://www.music-notation.info/en/formats/NIFF.html music-notation.info: NIFF] → [http://www.music-notation.info/niffsdk/MS_NIFF.zip MS_NIFF.zip]

== Links ==

* [http://www.music-notation.info/en/formats/NIFF.html NIFF] on music-notation.info. Includes sample files, SDK downloads, file format specifications and links to programs supporting the format
* [http://people.bath.ac.uk/masjpf/maillists/rosegarden/msg00615.html Discussion] of the NIFF format on the [[Rosegarden]] mailing list

[[Category:RIFF based file formats]]