PRONOM is an online technical registry providing impartial and definitive information about file formats, software products and other technical components required to support long-term …

PRONOM records information about file formats and the product support lifecycle for the software tools required to create or render them. This information will play a vital role in making …

Originally developed to support the accession and long-term preservation of electronic records held by the National Archives, PRONOM is now being made available as a resource for …

PRONOM provides information on electronic file formats and the products which can read them. Authoritative information on file format specifications is required by digital archivists, software …

PRONOM is an online technical registry providing impartial and definitive information about file formats, software products and other technical components required to support long-term …

PRONOM is an online technical registry providing impartial and definitive information about file formats, software products and other technical components required to support long-term …

The PRONOM Persistent Unique Identifier (PUID) is an extensible scheme for providing persistent, unique and unambiguous identifiers for records in the PRONOM registry.

To search for a particular file format, piece of software, compression type, encoding type, or piece of hardware, enter the PRONOM Unique Identifier (PUID) and then click 'search'.

PRONOM is more than just a database of technical information. It is intended to encompass a range of tools, and services to support digital preservation functions such as preservation risk …

PRONOM is an online technical registry, aiming to provide objective and definitive information about file formats, file format signatures, software products and other IT components.