{
 "id": "verity-collection-index-about-file",
 "name": "Verity Collection Index About File",
 "category": "other",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "abt"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/454"
  ],
  "magic": [
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "24636f6e74726f6c3a2031",
    "notes": "Verity Collection Index About File"
   }
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "Verity Collection Index About File",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "24636f6e74726f6c3a2031{0-1}0a636f6c6c656374696f6e5f61626f75743a"
     }
    ]
   }
  ]
 },
 "status": "unknown",
 "summary": "A Verity collection is the fundamental structure underlying the search capabilities of Verity applications. A collection consists of information about a particular set of documents that are available for searching and viewing. The specific information stored for a collection includes a word index and various other indexes, plus a document table containing document field information and logical pointers to the document files. Verity Collection Index About files give general collection information and assist in optimising searches.",
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/454",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/454",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "pronom"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2012-08-28"
}