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Summary
Name	National Imagery Transmission Format
Version	2.1
Other names
Identifiers	MIME: application/vnd.nitf PUID: fmt/366
Family
Classification	Image (Raster), Aggregate
Disclosure
Description	The National Imagery Transmission Format Standard (NITFS) is the standard for formatting digital imagery and imagery-related products and exchanging them among members of the US Intelligence Community (IC) and other departments and agencies of the United States Government. The NITF provides a common basis for storage and digital interchange of images and associated data. The NITF can be used as a standard message format for dissemination of images and associated data (text, symbols, labels) via digital communications.
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Byte order
Related file formats	Is subsequent version of National Imagery Transmission Format (1.0) Is subsequent version of National Imagery Transmission Format (2.0)
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	19 Aug 2011
Source description	Ongoing DROID signature research.
Last updated	19 Aug 2011
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