Binary data format definitions

There are many binary data formats in the World. When you need to read or write one, you need to look for a library or write your own. Fortunately, there is BinaryDOM technology from Miraplacid Software that reads and writes binary files and builds binary document object model (Binary DOM) just like regular DOM does it for XML and HTML files as long as Binary Data Definition file for this format is available.

Here is a list of binary data format definittions provided in Binary DOM installation.
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AVI
Audio Video Interleave, or Audio Video Interleaved Container format which could contain synchronized audio and video in various compression formats
File expensions:	.avi
MIME types	video/vnd.avi video/avi video/msvideo video/x-msvideo
Supported by software application:	Video players and editors
Links to format description documents:	AVI on Wikipedia Documentation from alexander-noe.com
Download file:	avi.bdd

BMP
Microsoft Windows Bitmap File Format, or Device Independent Bitmap (DIB) File Format
File expensions:	* .bmp * .dib
MIME types	image/bmp
Supported by software application:	Image Viewers and editors
Links to format description documents:	BMP on Wikipedia Documentation from fileformat.info
Download file:	bmp.bdd

DOC
Microsoft Compound Document File Format
File expensions:	.doc .xls .ppt
MIME types	ms/compound application/vnd.ms-excel application/vnd.ms-powerpoint application/msword
Supported by software application:	Microsoft Office, Open Office
Links to format description documents:	File format description from Microsoft OpenOffice file format description
Download file:	compdoc.bdd

DOSEXE
Microsoft DOS executable file format
File expensions:	.exe
MIME types	application/dos-exe
Supported by software application:	Executed by MS DOS
Links to format description documents:	File format description from davmac.org
Download file:	dosexe.bdd

EMF
Microsoft Enhanced Metafile File Format - vector graphics format
File expensions:	.emf
MIME types	application/emf application/x-emf
Supported by software application:	Image editors, Image viewers, Microsoft Office, Open Office
Links to format description documents:	File format description from Microsoft File format description from FileFormat.info
Download file:	emf.bdd

EXE
Windows executable (PE) file format
File expensions:	.exe .dll .ocx
MIME types	application/win-exe application/x-msdownload
Supported by software application:	Executed by MS Windows
Links to format description documents:	File format description from Microsoft
Download file:	winexe.bdd

GIF
GIF image File Format - indexed color image and animation file format
File expensions:	.gif
MIME types	image/gif
Supported by software application:	Image Viewers, Image editors
Links to format description documents:	File format description from Wikipedia File format description from FileFormat.info
Download file:	gif.bdd

INI
Settings File Format
File expensions:	.ini .cfg
MIME types	text/ini
Supported by software application:	Text Editor
Links to format description documents:	File format description from Wikipedia cloanto.com file format description
Download file:	ini.bdd

MP3
MP3 Audio File Format
File expensions:	.mp3
MIME types	audio/mpeg audio/x-mpeg audio/mp3
Supported by software application:	MP3 players, audio players
Links to format description documents:	File format description from mpegedit.org Wikipedia file format description
Download file:	mpeg.bdd

OGG
Open Container Media Format. It supports lossy and lossless compressed audio and video as well as text
File expensions:	.ogg
MIME types	audio/ogg application/ogg
Supported by software application:	Audio and video players and editors
Links to format description documents:	rfc3533 rfc3534 rfc5334 Official file format description
Download file:	ogg.bdd

PCAP
Main capture file format used in TcpDump/WinDump, Wireshark/TShark, snort, and many other networking tools
File expensions:	.cap .pcap .dat
MIME types	application/vnd.tcpdump.pcap
Supported by software application:	TcpDump/WinDump, Wireshark/TShark, etc TCP capture applications
Links to format description documents:	PCAP on Wikipedia Documentation from WireShark
Download file:	pcap.bdd

PDF
Portable Document File Format
File expensions:	.pdf
MIME types	application/pdf application/acrobat
Supported by software application:	Adobe Reader, OpenOffice Draw, Foxit Reader, Ghostscript
Links to format description documents:	Introduction ISO 19005-1:2005
Download file:	pdf.bdd

PNG
Portable Network Graphics File Format - image and animation format with lossless compression. Supports indexed-color and full-color images, as well as transparency.
File expensions:	.png
MIME types	image/png
Supported by software application:	Image Viewers, Image editors
Links to format description documents:	File format description from Wikipedia ISO/IEC 15948:2004
Download file:	png.bdd

RTF
Microsoft Rich Text Format
File expensions:	.rtf
MIME types	text/rtf text/richtext
Supported by software application:	Microsoft Office, Open Office
Links to format description documents:	File format description from Microsoft
Download file:	rtf.bdd

SPL
Microsoft Windows Print Spooler File Format
File expensions:	.spl
MIME types	application/vnd.x-spool
Supported by software application:	SPL Viewer, SPL Converter, MS Windows printing and spooling system
Links to format description documents:	File format description from iesdp.gibberlings3.net File format description from undocprint.org
Download file:	spl.bdd

TAR
Data Archive File Format with subfolders structure support.
File expensions:	.tar
MIME types	application/x-tar
Supported by software application:	Microsoft Windows Explorer, WinZip, 7-Zip, other file archiving software
Links to format description documents:	File format description from Wikipedia FreeBSD TAR file format description
Download file:	tar.bdd

TIFF
Tagged Image File Format - graphics format with various extensions
File expensions:	.tif .tiff
MIME types	image/tiff
Supported by software application:	Image Viewers, Image editors
Links to format description documents:	ISO 12639:1998 Tag Reference
Download file:	tiff.bdd

WAV
Waveform Audio File Format Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs
File expensions:	.wav
MIME types	audio/vnd.wave audio/wav audio/wave audio/x-wav
Supported by software application:	Most audio players and editors
Links to format description documents:	File format description from Wikipedia Documentation from Prof. Peter Kabal, MMSP Lab, ECE, McGill University
Download file:	wav.bdd

XML
Extensible Markup Language - Computer-readable and human-readable tag-based hierarchal data file
File expensions:	.xml
MIME types	text/xml
Supported by software application:	Text editors, browsers, XML editors and viewers
Links to format description documents:	W3 XML specification
Download file:	xml.bdd

ZIP
Data Archive and compression File Format with subfolders structure support
File expensions:	.zip
MIME types	application/zip
Supported by software application:	Microsoft Windows Explorer, WinZip, 7-Zip, other file archiving software
Links to format description documents:	File format description from Wikipedia PKWARE file format description
Download file:	zip.bdd