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Summary

Name NIB File Format
Version  
Other names  
Identifiers PUID:  fmt/983
Family  
Classification Text (Mark-up)
Disclosure  
Description The NIB file format is used by Interface Builder, a software development application for Apple's Mac OS X operating system. The NIB objects are stored as an XML property list, they are unpackaged upon running an application.
Orientation  
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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