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Summary
Name	Adobe Illustrator
Version	5.0 / 5.5
Other names
Identifiers	MIME: application/postscript Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.adobe.illustrator-image PUID: fmt/420
Family
Classification	Image (Vector)
Disclosure
Description	The documents (files) created by Adobe Illustrator are PostScript language documents. A PostScript language document description that minimally conforms to the Document Structuring Conventions has two main parts: a prolog and a script. The prolog encapsulates information needed by other programs to interpret the file. The script describes the graphic elements on the page.
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Related file formats	Has priority over Encapsulated PostScript File Format (1.2) Has priority over Encapsulated PostScript File Format (3) Has priority over Encapsulated PostScript File Format (2.0) Has priority over PostScript (2.0) Has priority over PostScript (3.0)
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	Adobe Systems Incorporated
Supported by	Adobe Systems Incorporated
Source	Georgia Tech Research Institute / Georgia Tech Research Institute
Source date	11 Jun 2012
Source description	Specification available at http://mercator.elte.hu/~saman/hu/okt/AI7FileFormat.pdf Adobe has classified Illustrator Versions 5.0 and 5.5 as the same file format. Version 5.0 includes layers and live editing in preview mode Version 5.5 includes spell checker, find/replace text
Last updated	19 Jul 2013
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