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Summary
Name	ESRI Persistent Auxiliary Metadata File
Version
Other names
Identifiers	PUID: fmt/1771
Family
Classification	GIS
Disclosure
Description	The ESRI Persistent Auxiliary Metadata File is a format produced by ArcGIS software, which accompanies the raster file (and sits alongside it). lnformation for the raster dataset, such a statistics, tables, histograms and co-ordinates, is stored in this auxiliary file if it cannot be stored internally. The files have the extension .aux.xml, but due to limitations of PRONOM, have been added with extension.xml as well as aux.xml.
Orientation
Byte order
Related file formats	Has priority over Extensible Markup Language (1.0)
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	Esri / Esri
Supported by	Esri / Esri
Source	National Library of Australia / National Library of Australia
Source date	22 Sep 2022
Source description
Last updated	22 Sep 2022
Note	https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/data/imagery/auxiliary-files.htm