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Name ESRI ArcInfo DAT File (External)
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Identifiers PUID:  fmt/1594
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Description Files which comprise part of an ArcInfo Coverage, which is a data model whose purpose is to store georelational data such as spatial location and descriptive data. Each ArcInfo Coverage resides in an ArcInfo workspace, a directory which contains two or more folders. These packages are generated using ArcGIS software, produced by Esri (https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/about-arcgis/overview.) An ArcInfo coverage dataset typically has two types of .dat file: internal, which store the actual data table, and external, which contains a relative path to the data table. External .dat files follow a unique naming pattern: arcXXXX.dat, where XXXX is incrementally increasing number starting from 0000, e.g. arc0000.dat, arc0001.dat. The .dat files always come in pair with a NIT file and are both stored in an INFO directory at the root.
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Related file formats Equivalent to ESRI ArcInfo DAT File (Internal)  
Has priority over Canon Raw (3.0)
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Developed by None.
Supported by None.
Source National Library of Australia / National Library of Australia
Source date 06 Jan 2022
Source description  
Last updated 06 Jan 2022
Note https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000284.shtml
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