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Web ARChive

file format that specifies a method for combining multiple digital resources into an aggregate archival file together with related information
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Web ARChive

Summary

Web ARChive is a web archive file format[1]. It draws 203 Wikipedia views per month (web_archive_file_format category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Web ARChive is the creator of Internet Archive[3].
  • Web ARChive is the creator of Gordon Mohr[4].
  • Web ARChive's instance of is recorded as web archive file format[5].
  • Web ARChive's instance of is recorded as file format[6].
  • Web ARChive's instance of is recorded as digital container format[7].
  • Web ARChive's has use is recorded as web archiving[8].
  • Web ARChive's has use is recorded as digital preservation[9].
  • Web ARChive's Commons category is recorded as WARC (file format)[10].
  • Web ARChive's ISO standard is recorded as 28500:2009[11].
  • Web ARChive's ISO standard is recorded as 28500:2017[12].
  • Web ARChive's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cc51fs[13].
  • Web ARChive's media type is recorded as application/warc[14].
  • Web ARChive's file extension is recorded as warc[15].
  • Web ARChive's file extension is recorded as warc.gz[16].
  • Web ARChive's described by source is recorded as WARC Format 1.0 specification[17].
  • Web ARChive's described by source is recorded as WARC Format 1.1 specification[18].
  • Web ARChive's replaces is recorded as Internet Archive ARC[19].
  • Web ARChive's PRONOM file format ID is recorded as fmt/289[20].
  • Web ARChive's Library of Congress Format Description Document ID is recorded as fdd000236[21].
  • Web ARChive's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as WARC[22].
  • Web ARChive's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as warc[23].
  • Web ARChive's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as warc-format[24].
  • Web ARChive's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as web-archive-format[25].

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Works and Contributions

Created works include Internet Archive[3], a nonprofit organization[26], in United States[27], founded in 1996[28], headquartered in Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist[29] and Gordon Mohr[4], a programmer[30], of United States[31].

Why It Matters

Web ARChive draws 203 Wikipedia views per month (web_archive_file_format category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

ArchiveWeb.page Browsertrix digital preservation Gordon Mohr ReplayWeb.page web archiving

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . iso.org. Retrieved . iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . iso.org. iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [31] ↑ . 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. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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