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Summary
Name	Weaving Information File (WIF)
Version	1.1
Other names
Identifiers	PUID: fmt/2072
Family
Classification	Text (Structured)
Disclosure
Description	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.
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Byte order
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration
Source date	24 Nov 2025
Source description
Last updated	24 Nov 2025
Note	http://www.mhsoft.com/wif/wif.html