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A '''CDX''' file contains metadata related to web archiving. It is a text-based file format designed to accompany [[ARC (Internet Archive)|ARC]] or [[WARC]] files. | A '''CDX''' file contains metadata related to web archiving. It is a text-based file format designed to accompany [[ARC (Internet Archive)|ARC]] or [[WARC]] files. | ||
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Revision as of 07:54, 23 September 2019
A CDX file contains metadata related to web archiving. It is a text-based file format designed to accompany ARC or WARC files.
Usually, CDX files will contain little or no information not contained in or derivable from the ARC or WARC, and their primary purpose is to serve as an index of the it.
