Verity Image

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In 2005, Verity was acquired by Autonomy. In 2011, Autonomy was acquired by Hewlett-Packard, and became known as HP Autonomy ([http://www.autonomy.com/ website], [[Wikipedia:HP Autonomy|Wikipedia article]]).
 
In 2005, Verity was acquired by Autonomy. In 2011, Autonomy was acquired by Hewlett-Packard, and became known as HP Autonomy ([http://www.autonomy.com/ website], [[Wikipedia:HP Autonomy|Wikipedia article]]).
  
Verity's website was at www.verity.com. As of this writing, the Wayback Machine [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.verity.com/ refuses] to reveal any records it might have of it.
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Verity's web site was at www.verity.com, but the available [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.verity.com/ archives of it] seem to make no mention of Topic.
  
 
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Revision as of 13:22, 8 July 2016

File Format
Name Verity Image
Ontology
Extension(s) .vif
Released ≥1988

Verity Image Format (VIF) is a bi-level raster graphics format associated with a search-related product called Topic, developed by Verity, Inc.

It reportedly uses CCITT Group 4 compression. It appears to have a header consisting of ASCII-encoded decimal digits.

See Verity for related formats.

History

In 2005, Verity was acquired by Autonomy. In 2011, Autonomy was acquired by Hewlett-Packard, and became known as HP Autonomy (website, Wikipedia article).

Verity's web site was at www.verity.com, but the available archives of it seem to make no mention of Topic.

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