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Name Microsoft Visio (generic)
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Identifiers MIME:  application/vnd.visio
PUID:  fmt/442
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Description Microsoft Visio is a diagramming and vector graphics application and is part of the Microsoft Office family.
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Related file formats Has lower priority than Microsoft Visio Drawing (5.0)
Has lower priority than Microsoft Visio Drawing (2000-2002)
Has lower priority than Microsoft Visio Drawing (2003-2010)
Has lower priority than Microsoft Visio Drawing (3)
Has lower priority than Microsoft Visio Drawing (4)
Has priority over OLE2 Compound Document Format  
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Developed by None.
Supported by None.
Source Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date 11 Jun 2012
Source description This format can be identified via a container signature in DROID version 6 or later. The PRONOM database cannot currently represent container signatures. This puid has been added so that DROID can identify versions of Visio not currently covered by the container signature file.
Last updated 11 Jun 2012
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