SAUCE

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	== Identification ==		== Identification ==
−	Typically, if a file contains SAUCE metadata, the final 128 bytes of the file begin with the ASCII signature "{{magic|SAUCE}}".	+	Typically, if a file contains SAUCE metadata, ASCII "{{magic|SAUCE00}}" appears starting 128 bytes from the end of the file.
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		+	== Specifications ==
		+	* [http://www.acid.org/info/sauce/sauce.htm SAUCE – Standard Architecture for Universal Comment Extensions] · [https://web.archive.org/web/20260201000829/http://www.acid.org/info/sauce/sauce.htm WayBack Machine archive] · [https://github.com/radman1/sauce Another copy]
	== Software ==		== Software ==
−	* [http://ansilove.sourceforge.net/ Ansilove/PHP]	+	* [https://www.ansilove.org/ Ansilove]
−	* [https://github.com/ansilove/AnsiLove-C AnsiLove/C]	+	See also [[ANSI Art#Software]].
	== Sample files ==		== Sample files ==
		+	Examples of files (in various formats) that contain SAUCE data:
		+	* [http://cd.textfiles.com/thebbsorg/ansi_art/ACME1295/acm!mbrs.ans acm!mbrs.ans]
		+	* [http://cd.textfiles.com/thebbsorg/ansi_art/B2B-0795/bl-gold1.ans bl-gold1.ans]
	* [http://sixteencolors.net/pack/ice9511a/SQ-FORCE.IDF SQ-FORCE.IDF]		* [http://sixteencolors.net/pack/ice9511a/SQ-FORCE.IDF SQ-FORCE.IDF]
		+	* [http://www.acid.org/images/0896/XBIN.TXT XBIN.TXT]
	== Links ==		== Links ==
−	* [http://www.acid.org/info/sauce/sauce.htm SAUCE – Standard Architecture for Universal Comment Extensions]
	* [[Wikipedia:Standard Architecture for Universal Comment Extensions|Wikipedia article]]		* [[Wikipedia:Standard Architecture for Universal Comment Extensions|Wikipedia article]]
	[[Category:Graphics]]		[[Category:Graphics]]

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File Format
Name	SAUCE
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Metadata SAUCE
Released	1994

SAUCE (Standard Architecture for Universal Comment Extensions) is a standard metadata format primarily used with character graphics formats related to ANSI Art.

Contents 1 Identification 2 Specifications 3 Software 4 Sample files 5 Links

[edit] Identification

Typically, if a file contains SAUCE metadata, ASCII "SAUCE00" appears starting 128 bytes from the end of the file.

[edit] Specifications

• SAUCE – Standard Architecture for Universal Comment Extensions · WayBack Machine archive · Another copy

[edit] Software

• Ansilove

See also ANSI Art#Software.

[edit] Sample files

Examples of files (in various formats) that contain SAUCE data:

• acm!mbrs.ans
• bl-gold1.ans
• SQ-FORCE.IDF
• XBIN.TXT

[edit] Links

• Wikipedia article