{
 "id": "weaving-information-file-wif-1-1",
 "name": "Weaving Information File (WIF)",
 "category": "text",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "wif"
  ],
  "mime": [
   "text/plain"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/2072"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q105856554"
  ],
  "magic": [
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "5b5749465d0d0a56657273696f6e3d312e31",
    "notes": "Weaving Information File"
   }
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "Weaving Information File",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "5b5749465d0d0a56657273696f6e3d312e31"
     }
    ]
   }
  ]
 },
 "status": "unknown",
 "summary": "The Weaving Information File (WIF) format is a weaving information interchange format that is supported by most major weaving software packages. WIF allows users to share weaving designs between different weaving software programs and is human readable with a text editor. It is based on the Microsoft Windows .ini file format. WIF was collaboratively developed by a group of programmers of major software packages available to handweavers, including Patternland Weave Simulator, Fiberworks PCW, Swiftweave, WeaveIt, WeaveMake, Proweave and WeavePoint.",
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/2072",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/2072",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q105856554",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105856554",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "version": "1.1",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "tools": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}