PRONOM is an online technical registry providing impartial and definitive information about file formats, software products and other technical components required to support long-term …

Originally developed to support the accession and long-term preservation of electronic records held by the National Archives, PRONOM is now being made available as a resource for …

PRONOM records information about file formats and the product support lifecycle for the software tools required to create or render them. This information will play a vital role in making …

PRONOM is an online technical registry providing impartial and definitive information about file formats, software products and other technical components required to support long-term …

PRONOM is an online technical registry providing impartial and definitive information about file formats, software products and other technical components required to support long-term …

The PRONOM Persistent Unique Identifier (PUID) is an extensible scheme for providing persistent, unique and unambiguous identifiers for records in the PRONOM registry.

PRONOM provides information on electronic file formats and the products which can read them. Authoritative information on file format specifications is required by digital archivists, software …

PRONOM is more than just a database of technical information. It is intended to encompass a range of tools, and services to support digital preservation functions such as preservation risk …

To search for a particular file format, piece of software, compression type, encoding type, or piece of hardware, enter the PRONOM Unique Identifier (PUID) and then click 'search'.

PRONOM is an online technical registry, aiming to provide objective and definitive information about file formats, file format signatures, software products and other IT components.