Format Support Policy
- Supported: FAC supports this format. There is a high likelihood that its content, appearance, and functions will be preserved over time.
- Known: FAC recognizes this format but cannot guarantee its support over time.
- Not Supported: FAC does not recognize this format. At best, the bitstream will be preserved but not appearance or functionality.
Format Support Levels
| Name | Extensions | MIME Type | Support Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | application/octet-stream | unknown | |
| Adobe PDF | application/pdf | supported | |
| AIFF | aiff, aif, aifc, iff | audio/x-aiff | supported |
| audio/basic | au, snd | audio/basic | known |
| AutoCAD | dwg | known | |
| AutoCAD Exchange Format | dfx | known | |
| AutoCAD Internet Files | dwf | known | |
| AVI | avi | video/x-msvideo | known |
| BMP | bmp | image/x-ms-bmp | known |
| DejaVu | djv | known | |
| FMP3 | fm | application/x-filemaker | known |
| GIF | gif | image/gif | supported |
| HTML | htm, html | text/html | supported |
| JPEG | jpeg, jpg | image/jpeg | supported |
| LateX | latex | application/x-latex | known |
| MARC | application/marc | supported | |
| Mathematica | ma | application/mathematica | known |
| Microsoft Word | doc | application/msword | known |
| Microsoft Powerpoint | ppt | application/vnd.ms-powerpoint | known |
| Microsoft Excel | xls | application/vnd.ms-excel | known |
| Microsoft Project | mpp, mpx, mpd | application/vnd.ms-project | known |
| Microsoft Visio | vsd | application/vnd.visio | known |
| Microsoft Access | mdb | application/vnd.mdb | known |
| MPEG | mpeg, mpg, mpe | video/mpeg | known |
| MPEG Audio | mpa, abs, mpega | audio/x-mpeg | known |
| Photo CD | pcd | image/x-photo-cd | known |
| Photoshop | psd, pdd | application/x-photoshop | known |
| PNG | png | image/png | supported |
| Postscript | ps, eps | application/postscript | supported |
| RealAudio | ra, ram | audio/x-pn-realaudio | known |
| RealVideo | ra, ram | video/x-pn-realvideo | known |
| RTF | rtf, rtx | text/richtext | supported |
| SGML | sgm, sgml | application/sgml | known |
| sid | sid | known | |
| TeX | tex | application/x-tex | known |
| TeX dvi | dvi | application/x-dvi | known |
| Text | txt, asc | text/plain | supported |
| TIFF | tiff, tif | image/tiff | supported |
| Video Quicktime | mov, qt | video/quicktime | known |
| WAV | wav | audio/x-wav | known |
| WordPerfect | wpd | application/wordperfect5.1 | known |
| XML | xml | text/xml | supported |
What To Do If Your Format Is Not Listed
Please contact the FAC if you have questions about a particular format.The text in this document was sourced from the KU ScholarWorks Site http://www.ku.edu/~scholar/OnSeptember 7, 2005
