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[[EBML]] (Extensible Binary Meta Language) is a binary metaformat, with some logical similarities to [[XML]]. It was originally designed as part of the [[Matroska]] multimedia container format.
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[[EBML]] (Extensible Binary Meta Language) is a binary metaformat, similar in scope to [[ISO Base Media File Format|BMFF]] or [[RIFF]]. It was designed as part of the [[Matroska]] multimedia container format.
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== Related formats ==
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* [[Matroska]]
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* [[WebM]]
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* [[EBML Schema]]
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== Identification ==
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An EBML file begins with bytes {{magic|0x1a 0x45 0xdf 0xa3}}, representing the encoded ID number of the "EBML" element.
  
 
== Specifications ==
 
== Specifications ==
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* RFC 8794
 
* [http://www.matroska.org/technical/specs/index.html Matroska Specifications]
 
* [http://www.matroska.org/technical/specs/index.html Matroska Specifications]
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* [https://github.com/Matroska-Org/ebml-specification/blob/master/specification.markdown EBML spec]
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* [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-lhomme-cellar-ebml/?include_text=1 Proposed Internet draft, 2016-07-06]
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* [https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-cellar-ebml-06 Proposed Internet draft, 2018-08-28]
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* [https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-cellar-ebml-13.html Proposed Internet draft, 2019-10-22]
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
* [http://ebml.sourceforge.net/ EBML home page]
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* [https://github.com/Matroska-Org/ebml-specification EBML Github]
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* [http://matroska-org.github.io/libebml/ libEBML]

Latest revision as of 03:04, 23 September 2020

File Format
Name EBML
Ontology
LoCFDD fdd000516
Wikidata ID Q1273936
EBML (Extensible Binary Meta Language) is a binary metaformat, similar in scope to BMFF or RIFF. It was designed as part of the Matroska multimedia container format.

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[edit] Related formats

[edit] Identification

An EBML file begins with bytes 0x1a 0x45 0xdf 0xa3, representing the encoded ID number of the "EBML" element.

[edit] Specifications

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