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Developing a program to automatically identify files from their content. Project news, FAQ, and download. [GPL]
A comprehensive file format database that provides users with recommended applications for opening specific file formats.
CTIA Wireless Internet Caucus white paper on 2D barcode scanning with EZ Code and Datamatrix code.
The Microsoft Tag service will terminate on August 19th, 2015.
Zxing project guide to the standard encoding of information in 2D barcodes.
Converts Unix timestamps into human-readable form and vice-versa.
Online file conversion site allowing conversions of document, image, audio and video files from one format to another.
Free online conversion tool. More than 60 conversion types are supported.
Converts Unixtime into conventional date strings.
Features of MIME that are considered essential for modern email usage.
An explanation of the practical benefits that microformats can bring to a business and its customers.
Short document with instructions to MS-Word users on alternatives they can use for document exchange.
The HDF project involves the development and support of software and file formats for scientific data management.
An online book about using and creating packages.
Encyclopedia article about the archive file format.
Legacy data conversion to SGML, XML, HTML and database specific formats, also offering data entry, scanning, OCR and data tracking.
.Net and Java classes for parsing delimited data formats, including CSV and tab delimited files. Offers demo version and online purchase.
The PCLTool SDK offers range of tools and programs for PCL conversion, transformation, and stream editing. PCLWorks provides GUI programs to access PCLTool functionality.
Official press release covering the approval of ODF v1.0.
Provides a home for libraries that ease the development of applications that support ODF.
Brief overview and history of major CD formats.
General Parallel File System for AIX.
An open source, distributed file system capable of scaling to several petabytes and handling thousands of clients. Official page with detailed documentation.
A high-performance journaling file system
Tags reference, examples, links to implementations.
Collection of quality HTML5 sites.
A gallery of great HTML5 sites. Sites can be submitted.
Tips and caveats on HTML to XHTML migration for existing browsers.
Main page for World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) XML activity and information.
Authoritative information from the W3C. Provides complete specifications, lists of CSS browsers and authoring tools, and information about learning CSS.
Newest developments in CSS based webdesign.
Expressive, robust, feature-rich CSS preprocessor.
Technology center for developers, systems integrators, and OEMs who are working with the Portable Document Format (PDF).
Official specification of the core data format/language and of several of its extensions, specification errata and supplements. Hosted by the Adobe Solutions Network.
Explanation of the representations of new lines used in text files by different computer systems, and how to convert between them.
Encyclopedia article on the format.
Technical specification detailing the language and syntax of the format. From the MSDN library.
A tool to compress JPEGs.
An open-source initiative to provide a free reference implementation of the codec specified in the JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard (i.e., ISO/IEC 15444-1).
Amongst several enhancements to SeaMonkey Mail/News and Mozilla Thunderbird, brings the possibility of displaying X-Face headers.
Personal page of the creator of this format, includes some of his remarks on these images.
A free and open source library that support loading 3DS files. (GNU GPL)
Collections of DXF files which are free for personal use.
Free DXF files.
Frequently asked questions about the TIFF file format.
Documentation about revision 4 of TIFF.
Home of a TIFF file format based interchange format for georeferenced raster imagery.
A library of scalable vector graphics, clipart images designed to draw smoothly in auto-drawing applications.
A driver designed to produce VML format files from a wide variety of Windows applications.
HTML coding, webpage design, and browser compatibility issues.