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Summary
Name	AAE Sidecar Format
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Other names
Identifiers	PUID: fmt/980
Family
Classification	Text (Mark-up)
Disclosure
Description	The AAE sidecar format is a form of property list format. It has been reported as present in iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite for transferring non-destructive adjustments in photo editing between systems and apps. It is an XML based format. The .aae file accompanies the actual image which is in a .jpg file.
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Byte order
Related file formats	Has priority over Extensible Markup Language (1.0) Has priority over XML Property List
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	06 Feb 2017
Source description	Versions prior to DROID 6.3 may not identify this format correctly
Last updated	06 Feb 2017
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