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Signatures
External signatures File extension: siard
Internal signatures
Name SIARD
Description Signature for SIARD, combining that of a standard ZIP file and the expected XMLNS string: xmlns=“http://www.bar.admin.ch/xmlns/siard/1.0/metadata.xsd“ - Offset currently set to 1024 bytes but it is expected that this could be improved given further test data.
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 504B0304*504B0304*786D6C6E733D22687474703A2F2F7777772E6261722E61646D696E2E63682F786D6C6E732F73696172642F312E302F6D657461646174612E78736422
Position type Absolute from EOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 504B01{43-65531}504B0506{18-65531}
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