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 "id": "xip",
 "name": "XIP",
 "category": "archive",
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   "xip",
   "xar"
  ],
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   "Q1093556"
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    "offset": 0,
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   "license": "2-clause BSD License",
   "open_source": true
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  {
   "name": "PhotoRec",
   "url": "http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec",
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   "writes": false,
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   "open_source": true
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  {
   "name": "Q215051",
   "url": "https://7-zip.org",
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   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License",
   "open_source": true
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  {
   "name": "Xar",
   "url": "http://mackyle.github.com/xar",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
  }
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  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/XIP",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "Kaitai Struct: xar",
   "url": "https://formats.kaitai.io/xar/",
   "kind": "grammar",
   "license": "CC0-1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/600",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/600",
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  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q1093556",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1093556",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Xar",
   "kind": "wiki"
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   "kaitai",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
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 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "parsers": [
  {
   "engine": "kaitai",
   "url": "https://github.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats/blob/master/archive/xar.ksy",
   "license": "CC0-1.0"
  }
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}