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Summary
Name	WACZ
Version
Other names	Web Archive Collection Zipped
Identifiers	MIME: application/x-wacz PUID: fmt/1840
Family
Classification	Aggregate
Disclosure
Description	WACZ is a web archiving format and is a .zip format containing raw web archiving files such as WARC, indices and file lists.
Orientation
Byte order
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration
Source date	01 Mar 2023
Source description	This format can be identified via a container signature in DROID version 6 or later. The PRONOM database cannot currently represent container signatures. 04/2024 (v.118)- Removed max-offset in container signature to scan full file for byte sequence. Submitted by Preservica.
Last updated	15 Apr 2024
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