{
 "id": "droid-file-collection-file-format-1-0",
 "name": "DROID File Collection File Format",
 "category": "markup",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "xml"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/120"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q59851506"
  ],
  "mime": [
   "text/xml"
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "DROID File Collection File",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "{0-50}3c46696c65436f6c6c656374696f6e20{0-100}3c44524f494456657273696f6e3e{1-10}3c2f44524f494456657273696f6e3e"
     }
    ]
   }
  ],
  "priority_over": [
   "fmt/101"
  ]
 },
 "status": "writable",
 "summary": "The DROID File Collection File format is a format for storing the results of file format identifications generated by the DROID software tool. It was developed by The National Archives of the UK. A DROID File Collection File is an XML document, comprising a 'FileCollection' element, which describes the version of DROID and Signature File version number used to perform the identifications number, and date on which the identifications were generated. This element contains a 'File' element for each file being identified. A File Collection File may either be generated prior to identification, in which case each 'File' element simply contains the fully-qualified pathname of the file, or it can be generated after identification, in which case each 'File' element additionally contains the identification result.",
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "Digital Record Object Identification",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24305922",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "3-clause BSD License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Siegfried",
   "url": "https://www.itforarchivists.com/siegfried",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "Apache Software License 2.0",
   "open_source": true
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/120",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/120",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q59851506",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59851506",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "version": "1.0",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}