{
 "id": "advanced-forensics-format",
 "name": "Advanced Forensics Format",
 "category": "image",
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   "aff"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q27473543",
   "Q379545"
  ],
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   "fdd000412",
   "fdd000413"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/844"
  ],
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   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "41464631300d0a00",
    "notes": "Advanced Forensic Format"
   }
  ],
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   {
    "name": "Advanced Forensic Format",
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      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "41464631300d0a00"
     }
    ]
   }
  ]
 },
 "status": "unknown",
 "summary": "The Advanced Forensics Format (AFF) is an extensible open format for the storage of disk images and related forensic metadata. It was originally developed by Simson Garfinkel and Basis Technology.",
 "projects": [
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   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
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   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q27473543",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27473543",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "ffw",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "tools": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}