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Advanced Systems Format

Summary

Advanced Systems Format is a multimedia container[1]. It draws 67 Wikipedia views per month (multimedia_container category, ranking #2 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Advanced Systems Format's instance of is recorded as multimedia container[3].
  • Advanced Systems Format's developer is recorded as Microsoft[4].
  • Advanced Systems Format is part of Windows Media[5].
  • Advanced Systems Format comprises Windows Media Audio[6].
  • Advanced Systems Format comprises Windows Media Video File Format Family[7].
  • Advanced Systems Format's described at URL is recorded as https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/ms983668(v=msdn.10)[8].
  • Advanced Systems Format's described at URL is recorded as http://avifile.sourceforge.net/asf0298rtf.htm[9].
  • Advanced Systems Format's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/haypo/hachoir3/master/hachoir/parser/video/asf.py[10].
  • Advanced Systems Format's described at URL is recorded as https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-fleischman-asf-01[11].
  • Advanced Systems Format's media type is recorded as video/x-ms-asf[12].
  • Advanced Systems Format's media type is recorded as application/vnd.ms-asf[13].
  • Advanced Systems Format's media type is recorded as application/ms-asf[14].
  • Advanced Systems Format's file extension is recorded as asf[15].
  • Advanced Systems Format's file extension is recorded as wma[16].
  • Advanced Systems Format's file extension is recorded as wmv[17].
  • Advanced Systems Format's described by source is recorded as Advanced Systems Format (ASF) Specification, version 01.20.03[18].
  • Advanced Systems Format's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/asf[19].
  • Advanced Systems Format's exact match is recorded as http://rs.tdwg.org/format/values/m041[20].

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Definition and Type

Advanced Systems Format's instance of is recorded as multimedia container[3].

Use and Application

Components include Windows Media Audio[6], a lossy audio coding format[21] and Windows Media Video File Format Family[7], a file format family[22], founded in 1995[23]. Advanced Systems Format is part of Windows Media[5].

Why It Matters

Advanced Systems Format draws 67 Wikipedia views per month (multimedia_container category, ranking #2 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Microsoft Strawberry Windows Media Player, version 10

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . msdn.microsoft.com. Retrieved . msdn.microsoft.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . msdn.microsoft.com. Retrieved . msdn.microsoft.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . msdn.microsoft.com. Retrieved . msdn.microsoft.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . iana.org. Retrieved . iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Controlled Vocabulary for Dublin Core format. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . iana.org. Retrieved . iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Controlled Vocabulary for Dublin Core format. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Dabao qian · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Has part(s) → Windows Media Audio, Windows Media Video File Format Family
    Described by source → Advanced Systems Format (ASF) Specification, version 01.20.03
    Media type → video/x-ms-asf, application/vnd.ms-asf, application/ms-asf
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1163]]: application/x-mplayer2"
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