Notation Interchange File Format

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File Format
Name Notation Interchange File Format
Ontology
Extension(s) .nif
PRONOM fmt/974
Released 1995

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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 - NIFF XML and NIFFML

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Sample files

Links

  • NIFF on music-notation.info. Includes sample files, SDK downloads, file format specifications and links to programs supporting the format
  • Discussion of the NIFF format on the Rosegarden mailing list
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