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Container |
A file or data stream having a well-defined data structure that is capable of containing other files or data streams. |
Depth |
The 0-based nesting level of a file or data stream.
For example:
| Depth |
Name |
| 0 |
Example.zip |
| 1 |
RAR_archive_inside_example_ZIP.rar |
| 2 |
JPEG_image_inside_RAR.jpg |
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Nested Container Descriptor (NCD) |
A comma-separated ordered list of file types representing the nested structure of the contents of a file.
For example:
- ZIP,RAR,JPEG represents a JPEG image inside a RAR archive inside a ZIP archive.
- MIME,PDF represents a PDF document inside an email message.
- ZIP:JAR,CLASS represents a Java class object inside a Java archive (which is a sub-type of ZIP).
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Nested Container Extensions (NCE) |
A comma-separated ordered list of file extensions associated with the nested structure of the contents of a file.
For example:
- zip,rar,jpg could be the file extensions associated with a JPEG image inside inside a RAR archive inside a ZIP archive.
- eml,pdf could be the file extensions associated with a PDF document inside an email message.
- jar,class could be the file extensions associated with a Java class object inside a Java archive.
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