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Format-specific preservation planning for Archivematica is based on analyses of the Significant properties of each media type.

Format	Also known as	File extension(s)	Normalization tool
Adobe Extensible Metadata Platform	Adobe XMP	.xmp
Adobe Illustrator drawing	Adobe AI	.ai
Advanced Stream Redirector file	Microsoft ASX Playlist	.asx
Audio/Video Interleaved Format	AVI	.avi
Batch file	MS-DOS batch file MS-Windows batch file	.bat
Cascading Stylesheet		.css	Xena
Comma Separated Values file		.csv	Xena
Command Source Code		.cmd
Document type definition		.dtd
Encapsulated PostScript		.eps
Extensible Markup Language		.xml	Xena
Extensible Stylesheet Language		.xsl
Graphics Interchange Format	GIF	.gif	Xena
Hypertext Markup Language		.html .htm	Xena
JavaScript file	JavaScript programming files JScript files	.js	Xena
Java archive file		.jar	Xena
Joint Photographic Experts Group	JPEG	.jpg	Xena
Macromedia FLV	Flash Video	.flv
Microsoft Excel Workbook	Microsoft Excel Binary Interchange File Format (BIFF)	.xls	Xena
Microsoft Icon file		.ico
Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation		.ppt	Xena
Microsoft Word for Windows	MS-WORD	.doc	Xena
Moving Picture Experts Group file	MPEG	.mpg
MPEG-1 Audio, Layer 3	MP3	.mp3	Xena
Nikon Electronic Format	Nikon Image Format Nikon Digital SLR Camera Raw Image File	.nef
Perl script		.pl	Xena
Portable Document Format		.pdf	Xena
Portable Network Graphics		.png	Xena
Python script file		.py	Xena
Quicktime (video)	MOV QT	.mov
Real Media Metafile		.ram
Rich Text Format		.rtf	Xena
Scalable Vector Graphics		.svg	Xena
Shockwave Flash file		.swf
SQL code		.sql	Xena
Truevision TARGA file	Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter Truevision Graphics Adapter	.tga, .tpic
Tagged Image File Format		.tiff, .tif	Xena
Visual Basic Scripting file	C Source Code Microsoft Active Scripting language VBScript	.vbs	Xena
Waveform Audio	Wave Audio File Format	.wav	Xena
Windows Bitmap Image file		.bmp	Xena
Windows Media Audio		.wma
Windows Media Player file		.wmv