Common Ground
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Common Ground from No Hands Software, allows any Windows or Mac program to create a document that can be viewed or printed by others even if they don't have the program that was used to create the document in the first place. Software comes with a document maker and a viewer. An early competitor to Adobe Acrobat, Common Ground was used to create portable, self-contained documentation applications, called "Digital Paper." | Common Ground from No Hands Software, allows any Windows or Mac program to create a document that can be viewed or printed by others even if they don't have the program that was used to create the document in the first place. Software comes with a document maker and a viewer. An early competitor to Adobe Acrobat, Common Ground was used to create portable, self-contained documentation applications, called "Digital Paper." | ||
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| + | Acquired by Hummingbird Communications<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=zz4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA48&ots=ieIJdCOOsj&dq=hummingbird&pg=PA48#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> Ltd in 1996, then sold to OpenText in 2006<ref>https://www.opentext.com/about/brands/hummingbird</ref>. | ||
==File Identification== | ==File Identification== | ||
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Starting at byte 8 file header contains the string <code>CGDC</code> | Starting at byte 8 file header contains the string <code>CGDC</code> | ||
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| + | Later versions have the file header starting at byte 8 <code>DPL2</code> or <code>DPL3</code> | ||
==Screenshots== | ==Screenshots== | ||
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== Sample files == | == Sample files == | ||
* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/document/commonGround/ | * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/document/commonGround/ | ||
| + | * [https://github.com/thorsted/PRONOM_Research/tree/main/Submissions/CommonGround/Samples DP Sample files] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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* [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_PDsEAAAAMBAJ/page/n21 Common Ground beats Acrobat to the Macintosh market - InfoWorld 1993] | * [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_PDsEAAAAMBAJ/page/n21 Common Ground beats Acrobat to the Macintosh market - InfoWorld 1993] | ||
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1993/10/18/software-combines-power-of-graphics-with-the-ease-of-e-mail/686d0764-1b02-4993-a38d-12d3eda08f02/?utm_term=.b33fa718b8ab SOFTWARE COMBINES POWER OF GRAPHICS WITH THE EASE OF E-MAIL - Washington Post 1993] | * [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1993/10/18/software-combines-power-of-graphics-with-the-ease-of-e-mail/686d0764-1b02-4993-a38d-12d3eda08f02/?utm_term=.b33fa718b8ab SOFTWARE COMBINES POWER OF GRAPHICS WITH THE EASE OF E-MAIL - Washington Post 1993] | ||
* [https://www.savetz.com/ku/ku/akana_common_ground_march_1994.html SMUG article 1994] | * [https://www.savetz.com/ku/ku/akana_common_ground_march_1994.html SMUG article 1994] | ||
| + | * https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2023/10/20/common-ground/ | ||
Revision as of 15:34, 20 October 2023
Common Ground from No Hands Software, allows any Windows or Mac program to create a document that can be viewed or printed by others even if they don't have the program that was used to create the document in the first place. Software comes with a document maker and a viewer. An early competitor to Adobe Acrobat, Common Ground was used to create portable, self-contained documentation applications, called "Digital Paper."
Acquired by Hummingbird Communications[1] Ltd in 1996, then sold to OpenText in 2006[2].
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File Identification
Common Ground version 1 files have Type CGDC and Creator CGVM
Self Launching files have Type APPL and Creator CGSL
Starting at byte 8 file header contains the string CGDC
Later versions have the file header starting at byte 8 DPL2 or DPL3
Screenshots
