Format Conversion
During the process of normalisation, Xena will convert the following file types to the specified open format.
Should Xena be asked to normalise a file format not yet supported, the process will fall back to binary normalisation.
Archives and Compressed Files
| GZIP | The archive is un-compressed and the resulting file is processed as normal. |
| JAR | All files are extracted from the archive and normalised into a separate Xena file. A Xena index file is created, which when opened in a Xena viewer, will display the files in a table. |
| MAC BINARY | The archive is un-compressed and the resulting file is processed as normal. |
| TAR | All files are extracted from the archive and normalised into a separate Xena file. A Xena index file is created, which when opened in a Xena viewer, will display the files in a table. |
| TAR.GZ | Works as a combination of 'GZIP' and 'TAR'. The archive is un-compressed and the resulting tar file extracted to reveal individual files for processing. |
| WAR | All files are extracted from the archive and normalised into a separate Xena file. A Xena index file is created, which when opened in a Xena viewer, will display the files in a table. |
| ZIP | All files are extracted from the archive and normalised into a separate Xena file. A Xena index file is created, which when opened in a Xena viewer, will display the files in a table. |
Audio
| AIFF | Converted to open format, FLAC. |
| FLAC | Already in an open format, so processed as binary. |
| MP3 | Converted to open format, FLAC. |
| WAV | Converted to open format, FLAC. |
Databases
| SQL | Structured Query Language files are processed as plaintext wrapped in XML. |
Documents
| CSV/TSV | Comma and Tab Seperated Values based files are stored as a special case of plaintext. |
| DOC/PPS/PPT/XLS | Microsoft Office documents are converted to the Open Document Format. |
| HTML | Converted to XHTML. |
| ODS/ODP/ODT | Files in the Open Document Format are preserved as they are. |
| RTF | Rich Text Format is converted to Open Document Format. |
| SYLK | This spreadsheet format is converted to Open Document Format. |
| SXC/SXI/SXW | StarOffice formats are open, but are converted to the newer Open Document Format. |
| TXT | Stored in plaintext wrapped in XML. |
| WPD | This Word Perfect format is converted to Open Document Format. |
| WRI | Microsoft Write files are converted to Open Document Format. |
| XHTML | Stored in native open XHTML format. |
| XML | Stored in native open XML format. |
Email
| MBOX | Mailboxes are converted to individual XML files and a Xena index file is created which will display the files in a table when opened with Xena viewer. |
| PST | Mailboxes from Microsoft Outlook are converted to individual XML files and a Xena index file is created which will display the files in a table when opened with Xena viewer. |
| TRIM | Messages from TRIM are converted to XML and a Xena index file is created which will display the files in a table when opened with Xena viewer. |
Graphics
| BMP | Bitmap images are converted to the open format, PNG. |
| CUR | Windows cursor files are converted to PNG. |
| GIF | Converted to PNG. |
| JPEG | Stored in native format. |
| PCX | Converted to PNG. |
| Stored as binary. | |
| PNG | Stored in its native open format. |
| PSD | Photoshop files are converted to PNG. |
| SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics files are XML, so preserved as is and wrapped in Xena XML. |
| TIFF | Converted to PNG with embedded metadata stored in Xena XML. |
| XBM | Converted to PNG. |
Page Description
| CSS | Stored as plaintext wrapped in XML. |
| Scripts | All scripting files are stored as plaintext. |
| XSLT | Stored as XML. |