Xar (Extensible Archive)

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'''xar''' (eXtensible ARchive) is an open-source archive format which stores its directory information and other metadata in the form of [[XML]].
 
'''xar''' (eXtensible ARchive) is an open-source archive format which stores its directory information and other metadata in the form of [[XML]].
  
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== Format info ==
 
== Format info ==
 
* [http://code.google.com/p/xar/wiki/xarformat Format of a xar archive]
 
* [http://code.google.com/p/xar/wiki/xarformat Format of a xar archive]
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== Software ==
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* [http://code.google.com/p/xar/downloads/list xar project software]
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** [http://code.google.com/p/xar/wiki/API_xar API documentation]
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* [[7-Zip]]
  
 
== Other links ==
 
== Other links ==
 
* [[Wikipedia:xar (archiver)|Wikipedia article]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:xar (archiver)|Wikipedia article]]
 
* [http://code.google.com/p/xar/ Official site]
 
* [http://code.google.com/p/xar/ Official site]
* [http://code.google.com/p/xar/wiki/API_xar API documentation]
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** [http://code.google.com/p/xar/wiki/whyxar Why xar is interesting]
* [http://code.google.com/p/xar/wiki/whyxar Why xar is interesting]
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[[Category:XML based file formats]]

Revision as of 23:53, 27 January 2014

File Format
Name Xar (Extensible Archive)
Ontology
Extension(s) .xar
PRONOM fmt/600

xar (eXtensible ARchive) is an open-source archive format which stores its directory information and other metadata in the form of XML.

The file format starts with a short binary header (which begins with the "magic" sequence consisting of "xar!" expressed as a 32-bit integer made from the ASCII character representations (0x78617221) in network byte order (big-endian). This byte order is used for all multi-byte numbers in the binary portions of the file format.

After the header is the directory information and metadata in XML, using the UTF-8 character encoding.

The remainder of the file consists of the binary data of the archive contents, known as "The Heap".

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