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 "id": "abif",
 "name": "ABIF",
 "category": "scientific",
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   "ab1",
   "abif"
  ],
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    "name": "LifeTechnologies ABIF",
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     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
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     }
    ]
   }
  ]
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 "status": "readable",
 "summary": "The ABIF file format is a binary file format for storing data. Elements of data stored in the file are associated with tags, which are analogous to the keys in a (key, value) mapping.",
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   "url": "https://nucleobytes.com/4peaks/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
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   "url": "http://technelysium.com.au/wp/chromas/",
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   "writes": false
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   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
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   "url": "https://labsquare.github.io/CutePeaks/",
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   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 3.0",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "GENtle",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5513179",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Q1036510",
   "url": "https://biojava.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Q141222842",
   "url": "https://www.snapgene.com",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Q2025399",
   "url": "https://www.openchrom.net",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "Eclipse Public License 2.0",
   "open_source": true
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
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   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/587",
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   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q29896310",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29896310",
   "kind": "wiki"
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  "sources": [
   "ffw",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}